Tamara de Lempicka (Tamara de Lempicka)

Tamara de Lempicka

Polish painter, born Tamara Gorska in Warsaw. She died in Cuernavaca, Mexico. According to her wishes, she was cremated and her ashes scattered into the Popocatepetl (a Mexican volcano). Tamara remained forgotten until the early 1990 when Barbra Streisand bought her painting “Adam and Eve” in an auction. (bio by: Alberto Blanco)

Born

  • May, 16, 1898
  • Poland

Died

  • March, 03, 1980
  • Mexico

Other

  • Cremated

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