Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Brilliance (Bacchante), c. 1932. Oil on canvas, 48 1/2 x 26 in. Collection of Rowland Weinstein, courtesy Weinstein Gallery. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY.

NAPLES (FL.) - With works that exuded cool elegance and sensuality, Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980) helped define Art Deco. Capturing the glamour and vitality of 1920s postwar Paris and the cosmopolitan sheen of Hollywood celebrity, Tamara de Lempicka infused her paintings with a brilliant sense of fashion, design and the theatrical. This exhibition explores the artist’s distinctive style and unconventional life as she rose to the pinnacle of café society.

The artworks on display range from her post-Cubist work in 1920s Paris to the melancholic still lifes and interiors of her final days in the United States and Mexico. The exhibition is augmented by exceptional examples from the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco’s notable Art Deco collection, as well as signature photographs from the era.

This exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

October 25, 2025 – February 8, 2026

Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Portrait of a Man or Mr Tadeusz de Lempicki, 1928​​​​​​. Oil on canvas, 129,5 x 81 cm, Musée des Années Trente, Boulogne Billancourt. © Georges Meguerditchian/Centre Pompidou/Orange Logic/RMP/2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY Digital Image/CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY

Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Young Girl in Pink (Kizette in Pink II), c. 1928-30. Oil on canvas, 45 5/8 x 28 5/8 in. Collection of Patty and Jay Baker. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Photo: RoseBudz Productions.

Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Portrait of Mrs. Rufus Bush, 1929. Oil on canvas. Private collection, courtesy of Artis–Naples, The Baker Museum. © 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY. Photo: RoseBudz Productions.

Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Portrait of poet Ira Perrot, 1930. Oil on panel. Private collection, courtesy of Artis–Naples, The Baker Museum. © 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY/1969 Christie’s Images Limited

Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). The Girls, 1930. Oil on panel, 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. Collection of Patty and Jay Baker. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Photo: RoseBudz Productions.

Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980), Young Girl in Green (Young Girl with Gloves), ca. 1931. Oil on board. Centre Pompidou, Paris. © 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY Digital image © CNAC/MNAM, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource, NY

Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Woman with Dove, 1931. Oil on panel, 14 5/8 × 11 in. Collection of Patty and Jay Baker. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Photo: RoseBudz Productions.

Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980), Study for Young Girl Drawing, 1937. Graphite on paper. Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. © 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC/ADAGP, Paris/ARS, NY. Photo: Jorge Bachmann. Courtesy of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Tamara de Lempicka at her easel, 1940. © Bettmann / Getty Images.