Exhibition Review: ‘Tamara de Lempicka’ at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Tamara de Lempicka, Portrait of Ira P., 1930; oil on panel, private collection.

A painting by Tamara de Lempicka titled Portrait of Ira P. (1930), showing a stylized woman with pale skin and dark curled hair, seated in a white dress with red fabric draped over her arms, holding a bouquet of white calla lilies against a background of geometric shapes and deep shadows.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston hosts the first major U.S. exhibition for Art Deco icon Tamara de Lempicka—and it’s a knockout.

Exhibition Review: ‘Tamara de Lempicka’ at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston