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High Summer (on left); Portrait of Romana de la Salle (on right)

Of all the Art Deco artists of the 20th century, certainly one of the most memorable and glamorous was Tamara De Lempicka -- the featured artist for July, in my Woman Artist Series.

TAMARA DE LEMPICKA

Here are 10 things to know about Tamara De Lempicka, along with photos of her paintings and images of her:

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Kizette de Lempicka.

Kizette de Lempicka.

Zoe Glick.

Family & Friends - Tamara de Lempicka.

Tamara de Lempicka, born Tamara Rozalia Gurwik- Górska (Polish painter) - Paysage de nuit, oil on canvas 56 x 66 cm.

Passion by design: the art and times of Tamara de Lempicka.

 In 1929, Lempicka painted her iconic work, Auto-Portrait (Tamara in the Green Bugatti), for the cover of the German fashion magazine Die Dame.   The painting became famous overnight -- and Tamara with it.

 The image has become symbolic of the freedom and decadence associated with the Roaring Twenties in Paris, and is generally considered to epitomize the jazz-age woman. 

Tamara in the Green Bugatti

This self-portrait displays de Lempicka, as a vamp in a green Bugatti, asserting herself and pushing forward through the frame.

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