Arts: Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-Jewish painter, was the icon…

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Did you know? Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-Jewish painter, was the iconic Art Deco portraitist of the 1920s-30s. When WW2 broke out she fled to the US, where she was forgotten. Only in the 1970s — when Madonna and Jack Nicholson started collecting her work — was she rediscovered.

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Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-Jewish painter, was the iconic Art Deco portraitist of the 1920s-30s. When WW2 broke out she fled to the US, where she was forgotten. Only in the 1970s — when Madonna and Jack Nicholson started collecting her work — was she rediscovered.

Tamara de Lempicka, Pools-Joodse schilder, was de iconische art-deco-portrettist van de jaren '20-'30. Toen WO II uitbrak vluchtte ze naar de VS, waar ze vergeten raakte. Pas in de jaren '70 — toen Madonna en Jack Nicholson haar werk verzamelden — werd ze herontdekt.

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