2024-04-25
Until 17 December this year, it is possible to visit the next instalment of the exhibition of Tamara Lempicka's work. After the exhibition at the National Museum in Lublin, the time has come at the Villa le Fleur Museum. Interestingly, the exhibition is partly a continuation of the previous exhibition and partly introduces new themes.
Tamara Łempicka (1898-1980) was one of the most important representatives of art déco. In the 1940s she shone as a favourite portraitist of Hollywood stars and the social elite. She created portraits of modern women, driving cars, dressed in trousers, and independent. The exhibition features this side of the artist's work, as well as early studio works and abstract compositions. In addition to the paintings, the viewer will see drawings, prints and personal stuff that belonged to the artist. The event is co-organised by the National Museum in Lublin, with the Museum of the History of Polish Jews POLIN as the honorary patron. For current opening hours, please visit Villa's website and Facebook page.
Villa le Fleur is a private museum focusing on works from the École de Paris (the term for an international artistic grouping in Paris) located in Konstancin-Jeziorna. The basis of the collection is the work of Polish and Jewish artists from the School of Paris. The originator and owner of the museum is a collector, and he appreciates the art of artists from Central and Eastern Europe who co-created the Parisian avant-garde of the first half of the 20th century. One of the buildings in which the collection is shown was built in 1906 and adapted for museum purposes in 2009.
The exhibition of Tamara Lempicka's work is already the 12th in a series of temporary exhibitions held at the institution. Previous exhibitions included the works of Bolesław Biegas, Alicja Halicka, Henryk Epstein or Jean Lambert-Rucki. On the occasion of each exhibition, it was possible to purchase an illustrated monographic catalogue in both Polish and English.