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This pioneering female artist's Jewish heritage is no longer a secret — but what about the rest of her life?

JL;DR SUMMARY Tamara de Lempicka, born Tamara Rosa Hurwitz, was a pioneering Art Deco artist whose life and work are explored in both a new documentary and a Broadway musical. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Art DecoJewish HeritageDocumentaryParisNew York Jewish Film FestivalPatriarchal SocietyBisexualityTamara De LempickaJulie RubioArt Of Survival

Places mentioned

Paris, France
"A visitor studies an exhibit on display at the Exhibition Tamara de Lempicka, Queen of the Art Deco exhibition opening at La Pinacotheque on April 17, 2013 in Paris, France."
St. Petersburg, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
"They lived in St. Petersburg, Russia, until the Russian Revolution of 1917 forced them to flee the country."
New York, United States
"The True Story of Tamara de Lempicka & the Art of Survival is playing at the New York Jewish Film Festival, January 28, at 3:00pm and 8:30pm."

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