Just to give you a little background, she was born into a wealthy Polish family. Her parents divorced and she and her mother moved to Russia with her aunt, and then had to flee the Bolshevik revolution. She was married several times through the years and had many affairs with men and women. Eventually her style fell out of favor, but after her death in 1980 she was rediscovered and collectors began clamoring for her work.
She was an amazing portraitist. Her synthetic cubist style paintings are so visually exciting and, in my opinion, epitomize the glamour of art deco. Her use of color and line is everything. I could stare at her work for hours. I am always finding something new in her works and hope one day to have an original hanging on my wall.
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