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In 1912, after her parents divorced, she was sent by her Grandmother to school in Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1914 she married a lawyer named Taduesz Lempicki in St. Petersburg, Russia. In 1915, during the Russian Revolution, Taduesz was arrested by the Bolsheviks. Although only a seventeen years old, Tamara pleaded for, and finally secured, his release.

The Lempickis then fled to Paris, France where she became known as Tamara de Lempicka. She studied art and became a well-known portrait painter, developing a distinctive and bold style which epitomizes the cool modernism of Art Deco.

At the outset of the second World WarWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough she moved to Beverly Hills, CaliforniaCalifornia is a state located in the western United States, bordering the Pacific Ocean. The most populous and third largest state in the U. California is both physically and demographically diverse. The state's official nickname is "The Golden State", wh with her second husband, Baron Raoul KuffnerBaron Raoul Kuffner (died 1962) was the second husband of artist Tamara de Lempicka. They were married in 1933. He died of a heart attack. Kuffner, Raoul.. In 1943 they relocated to New York City where she continued to paint in her trademark style.

After Baron Kuffner's death in 1962, Tamara moved to Houston, TexasTexas joined the United States of America as its 28th member state in 1845. It has the postal abbreviation TX . The state name derives from a word in a Caddoan language of the Hasinai, tejas meaning friends or allies Spanish explorers mistakenly applied t and began painting in a new style, using a palette knife rather than a brush to lay down the paint. Her new paintings were not well received, and Tamara swore that she would never exhibit her work again.

In 1978 she moved to CuernavacaCuernavaca is the capital city of the state of Morelos in Mexico. It is known as "The city of eternal spring" because of its constant 23°C year-round weather. This city has always been the vacation destination for the people from the Mexico city valley, f, Mexico. She died in her sleep on March 19, 1980 and her ashes were scattered over the volcano Popocatepetl.