Lempicka's attraction to glamour and sensual elegance is typified in Portrait d'Ira P., the artist's close friend and purported lover. Draped in a clinging white satin gown, Ira leans seductively against the edge of the picture plane holding a bouquet of calla lilies and a billowing red shawl which echos her vermillion lips and fingernails.

Tamara de Lempicka, After, Polish (1898 - 1980) - Portrait of Ira Perrot. Tamara Łempicka (born Maria Górska; 16 May 1898 – 18 March 1980), also known as Tamara de Lempicka, was a Polish painter active in the 1920s and 1930s, who spent her working life in France and the United States.

Oct 23, 2024 · Preparatory drawings for this portrait of poet Ira Perrot show she was originally presented nude, but Lempicka eventually settled on a silky, fashionable white dress.

Oct 26, 2023 · Tamara de Lempicka extended this approach to her depiction of bodies, evident in her portraits of her long-time friend and lover, Ira Perrot. While the figure evokes associations with the works of Ingres and Botticelli, its dynamism lacks lightness.

Her canvas La Musicienne — featuring her lover Ira Perrot, in a long blue dress playing a mandolin — appeared on the cover of the latter in April 1930.

Oct 25, 2024 · Ira Perrot: Poet, Muse, Lover. Married to men and open about her bisexuality, Lempicka enjoyed a greater degree of freedom in the period between the World Wars. The poet Ira Perrot is the subject of many of Lempicka’s paintings, drawings, and poems during this time.

She likely exhibited the painting Portrait of a Young Lady in Blue Dress (1922) at the Salon d’Automne that year. The work depicts de Lempicka’s close friend and purported lover, Ira Perrot, bobbed hair disheveled, wearing the titular blue gown, and seated cross-legged against a …

Feb 29, 2016 · In 1921, the couple moved to a new flat and met their wealthy neighbour, Ira Perrot, who soon became de Lempicka's first female lover (others were performer Suzy Solidor and Duchess Marika de la Salle).

Oct 30, 2024 · No friend or family member appears as often in her work as French poet Ira Perrot, the artist’s most enduring love. They were likely neighbors in Lempicka’s first residence in Paris and, at the time, both married to men.

“Portrait Of Ira P” is an oil on canvas artwork created by Tamara de Lempicka in 1930. Falling under the genre of portrait, this piece is representative of the Art Deco movement. The artwork is a striking depiction of a woman, characterized by the geometric forms and vivid, stylized colors typical of the Art Deco movement.