Tamara De Lempicka in Marcel Rochas Dress and Rose Descat Hat, in L’Officiel, 1935 via
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Three Portraits of Jazz Age Artist Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) was a Polish Art Deco painter and “the first woman artist to be a glamour star”
She was born Maria Górska in Warsaw, Poland on May 16 (there are claims that she was in fact born in Moscow, Russia).
In 1916 Tamara married lawyer Tadeusz Lempicki in St. Petersburg, Russia and gave birth to a daughter she named Maria Krystyna, also known as Kizette.
In 1917 Tadeusz de Lempicki was arrested by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution but was soon released with the help of his wife. They traveled to Denmark and England and finally settled in Paris, France. Here Tamara studied art the “Academie de la Grande Chaumiere” in Montparnasse under Maurice Denis and Andre Lhote and started to exhibit in Paris in the early 1920s.
In 1925 she had her first major exhibition in Milan, Italy. It is believed that she finished 28 new works in 6 months.
In 1928 she divorced her husband and in 1933 she married the Baron Raoul Kuffner. They settled in the states and after Kuffner died she moved to Mexico where she died in 1980.
Tamara de Lempicka via
Tamara de Lempicka in Marcel Rochas Dress, photographed by Ora, ca. 1931 via
Tamara de Lempicka via
Evening Dresses by Parisian Designer Marcel Rochas (1950s)
Marcel Rochas (1902-1955) was born in Paris wher he opened his house in 1924. He was encouraged by Jean Cocteau, Christian Berard and Paul POIRET.
He was a strong, influential designer with an international reputation, who anticipated many of the most prominent fashion trends of the 20th century.
Rochas favoured hourglass silhouettes and often worked with flower-patterned fabrics. He promoted the three-quarter-length coat and was one of the first designers to feature pockets in skirts. Rochas also specialized in separates and accessories, which he sold from a boutique in his salon.
Marcel Rochas died in 1955 at the early age of 53 (source).
Marcel Rochas, Evening Dress, 1951 via
Marcel Rochas, Dress, in Vogue, 1950 via
Marcel Rochas and a model, 1950 via
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