Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Brilliance (Bacchante), c. 1932. Oil on canvas, 48 1/2 x 26 in. Collection of Rowland Weinstein, courtesy Weinstein Gallery. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY.
Upcoming exhibition
October 25, 2025 – February 8, 2026
Located on the third floor of The Baker Museum
With works that exuded cool elegance and sensuality, Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980) helped define Art Deco. Capturing the glamour and vitality of 1920s postwar Paris and the cosmopolitan sheen of Hollywood celebrity, Tamara de Lempicka infused her paintings with a brilliant sense of fashion, design and the theatrical. This exhibition explores the artist’s distinctive style and unconventional life as she rose to the pinnacle of café society.
The artworks on display range from her post-Cubist work in 1920s Paris to the melancholic still lifes and interiors of her final days in the United States and Mexico. The exhibition is augmented by exceptional examples from the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco’s notable Art Deco collection, as well as signature photographs from the era.
This exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
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Selected Works
Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). The Girls, 1930. Oil on panel, 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. Collection of Patty and Jay Baker. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Photo: RoseBudz Productions.
Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Portrait of Mrs. Rufus Bush, 1929. Oil on canvas, 48 1/2 x 26 in. Collection of Patty and Jay Baker. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Photo: RoseBudz Productions.
Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Woman with Dove, 1931. Oil on panel, 14 5/8 × 11 in. Collection of Patty and Jay Baker. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Photo: RoseBudz Productions.
Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Young Girl in Pink (Kizette in Pink II), c. 1928-30. Oil on canvas, 45 5/8 x 28 5/8 in. Collection of Patty and Jay Baker. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Photo: RoseBudz Productions.
Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Study for ‘Young Girl Drawing’, 1937. Graphite on Fabriano paper, 12 13/16 x 9 1/8 in. Museum purchase, Lisa Sardegna and David Carrillo, Phoebe Cowles and Robert Girard, and Achenbach Foundation for the Graphic Arts Endowment Fund. © 2024 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY.
Tamara de Lempicka at her easel, 1940. © Bettmann / Getty Images.
Associated Events
Exhibition Lecture
Tamara de Lempicka
Wednesday, November 5, 2pm
Ubben Signature Event Space
Alison de Lima Greene, Isabel Brown Wilson Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Join Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Curator Alison de Lima Greene for an introduction to the remarkable arc of Tamara de Lempicka’s career as she rose to the pinnacle of café society in 1920s and 1930s Paris — and her American odyssey after she fled Europe in 1939.
Image: Tamara de Lempicka (b. Poland, d. Mexico, 1894-1980). Woman with Dove (detail), 1931. Oil on panel, 14 5/8 × 11 in. Collection of Patty and Jay Baker. © 2025 Tamara de Lempicka Estate, LLC / ADAGP, Paris / ARS, NY. Photo: RoseBudz Productions.
Film Screening
The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival
Multiple dates
Wednesday, December 10, 10am
Tuesday, January 20, 10am
Daniels Pavilion
Join us for a special screening of The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka and the Art of Survival (2024, 96 mins), in conjunction with the exhibition Tamara de Lempicka. The film will be introduced by Courtney McNeil, The Baker Museum’s director and chief curator.
Image: Film poster detail for The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival.
Organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. This presentation at Artis—Naples, The Baker Museum is curated by Courtney McNeil, museum director and chief curator, in collaboration with Furio Rinaldi, curator at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.