First published 2018
Tamara de Lempicka stands at her easel in 1920s Paris, brush poised above canvas. The Polish-born artist has fled revolution and exile to reinvent herself in the City of Light. She navigates the glittering salons and smoky cabarets of the era, driven by fierce ambition to become something extraordinary. Her art captures the bold geometry and sensual energy of the Art Deco movement, but success demands sacrifices. Tamara must balance her artistic vision with the expectations of patrons, lovers, and society. Through the pulsing rhythm of Jazz Age Paris, she transforms from refugee to celebrated painter, yet questions of identity and belonging shadow her rise. De Rosnay explores the private struggles behind Tamara's public triumph, revealing the secrets and desires that fueled her legendary status as the supreme queen of Art Deco.
Genres: art, 20th-century, biographical-fiction, art-history
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate
Tropes: reinvention, secrets-and-desires
Setting: Paris
Period: 1920s
223 pages · Hardcover · Michel Lafon