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Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti) is a self-portrait by the Polish artist Tamara de Lempicka, which she painted in Paris in 1928. It was commissioned by the German fashion magazine Die Dame for the cover of the magazine, to celebrate the independence of women. It is one of the best-known examples of Art Deco portrait painting.

Autoportrait (Self-Portrait in a Green Bugatti)
Artist	Tamara de Lempicka
Year	1928
Medium	Oil on panel
Movement	Art Deco
Dimensions	35 cm × 27 cm (13 (3/4) in × 10 (5/8) in)
Location	Private Collection, Switzerland

Description

In 1928, De Lempicka was commissioned to make a self-portrait for the cover of the German fashion magazine Die Dame. The painting she produced showed her at the wheel of a Bugatti racing car, wearing a leather helmet and gloves and wrapped in a gray scarf. She portrayed herself as a personification of cold beauty, independence, wealth and inaccessibility.[1] In fact she did not own a Bugatti automobile; her own car was a small yellow Renault, which was stolen one night when she and her friends were celebrating at Café de la Rotonde in Montparnasse.[2]

Although De Lempicka's portrait shows the steering wheel on the left side of the car, the Bugatti models 23, 43 and 46 of that period actually had the steering wheel on the right side.

Influences

De Lempicka developed her painting skills among the avant-garde art and literature movements of Neo-Cubism, Futurism, and Art Deco of the "Lost Generation".[3] She studied at the Académie Ranson under Maurice Denis, although she only credited him for her draftsmanship skills. One of her main influences was the Neo-cubist André Lhote (professor to De Lempicka at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière).[4]

A possible influence for this particular picture might have been by André Kertész, who was living in Paris in the 1920s and whose 1927 photo has a very similar composition. [5]

Patron

The female editor of Die Dame, a popular German fashion magazine, encountered De Lempicka in Monte Carlo while the almost-divorced baroness was on vacation and commissioned her to paint a self-portrait for an upcoming cover. De Lempicka replaced her yellow Renault with a green Bugatti because she believed that a green Bugatti appeared more elite and more beautiful.[6]

Citations

References

• Birnbaum, Paula. Tamara De Lempicka: The Modern Woman Personified. 2012. ISSN 2391-7911
• Blondel, Alain; Brugger, Ingried (2004), Tamara de Lempicka: Art Deco Icon, London: Royal Academy Books.
• Chadwick, Whitney; Birnbaum, Paula de (2003), The Modern Woman Revisted: Paris between the Wars, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press.
• Claridge, Laura (1999), Tamara de Lempicka: A Life of Deco and Decadence, New York: Random House.
• Lempicka-Foxhall, Kizette (1987), Phillips, Charles (ed.), Passion by Design: The Art and Times of Tamara de Lempicka, New York: Abbeville Press.
• Mori, Gioia (2011), Tamara de Lempicka: The Queen of Modern, Milano: Skira Editore.
• Néret, Gilles (2016). Tamara de Lempicka - Déesse de l'ère automobile (in French). Taschen. ISBN 978-3-8365-3225-9.

На других языках

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[de] Tamara im grünen Bugatti

Tamara im grünen Bugatti, auch als Mein Porträt oder Autoporträt bekannt, ist ein Selbstporträt und eines der bekanntesten Gemälde der polnischen Malerin Tamara de Lempicka aus dem Jahr 1929. Das Bild, das sich heute in einer Privatsammlung befindet, wurde in Öl auf Holz gemalt und hat die Maße 35 × 27 cm. Es entstand als Auftragsarbeit für die Titelseite der Berliner Illustrierten Die Dame.

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- [en] Autoportrait (Tamara in a Green Bugatti)

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[es] Autorretrato (Tamara en un Bugatti verde)

Autorretrato (Tamara en un Bugatti verde) es un autorretrato de la artista polaca Tamara de Lempicka, que pintó en París en 1929. Fue encargado por la revista de moda alemana Die Dame para servir como portada de la revista, para celebrar la independencia de la mujer moderna. Es uno de sus trabajos más conocidos y ejemplo destacado del retrato Art déco.

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[fr] Tamara en Bugatti verte

Tamara en Bugatti verte – ou Autoportrait – est un tableau réalisé par Tamara de Lempicka en 1929 à Paris. Cette huile sur panneau est l'autoportrait de l'artiste polonaise au volant d'une automobile de couleur verte et de marque Bugatti. Commande du magazine de mode allemand Die Dame pour sa couverture, ce chef-d'œuvre de l'Art déco est conservé au sein d'une collection privée en Suisse.

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