Tamara de Lempicka

Born in 1898, Tamara de Lempicka was a Polish painter. She is best known for her contribution to the Art Deco style. 

Lempicka's career was marked by two distinct successful periods. Celebrated in Europe in the 1920s, her work became popular again in the late 1960s following the resurgence of Art Deco. Lempicka's œuvre encompassed celebrity and society portraits, alongside some abstract works.

Lempicka died in Mexico in 1980. Ellis Avery's "The Last Nude" is a fictionalized account of her life and relationship with one of her models.