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Tamara de Lempicka - Queen of Art Deco
Showing from April to 8 September, this exhibition covers the career of one of the prominent exponents of the Art Deco movement. The pictures, very distinctive with their vibrant colours and predominantly featuring strongly portrayed female subjects, are arranged in a roughly chronological way and trace Lempicka's life and work from her years as a young Russian émigrée, through her famous period in 1930s Paris when she moved in artistic and literary circles, to her declining years when changes in her style and her fortune became evident.
The pictures are reasonably well accompanied with explanatory text (in French) and a few incidents in her life are given more detailed treatment, through commentary and letters. There are two very brief film clips which do not add much to the exhibition.
The paintings are stunning and have great impact for the most part - the 'nature morte' (still life studies) less so.
I was slightly disappointed that my three personal favourites - 'La Dormeuse' ('Sleeping Woman'), 'Adam et Ève' and 'Femme à Colombe' ('Woman with a Dove') weren't included.
For those who are interested in seeing an exhibition which presents the movement against which, to some extent, Art Deco was rebelling, the other Pinacothèque site across the road has 'L'Art Nouveau: la Révolution Décorative' - also until September.
I would say that this is a worthwhile visit - allow at least 90 minutes.
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