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Kizette in Pink
The painting depicts a portrait of Kizette – the artist's daughter, dressed in white and pink from head to toe. The girl has a slightly mischievous pose, trying to hide one sock with the other leg, and one shoe has fallen off. Kizette's pose may refer to the Russian Orthodox icon of the Theotokos of Tikhvin, where the Christ Child has crossed legs similar to the girl in the portrait. The composition is executed in a 'soft cubism' style, with geometric, factory-like shapes in the background resembling waves, ships, and a city, combining tradition with Art Deco aesthetics.
Portrait of the Creator
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Artist
Tamara Lempicka
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Date of birth and death
June 16, 1894 – March 18, 1980
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Natinality
Polish
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Style
Art Deco
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Significant works
The Dream (1927), Self-portrait Tamara in a Green Bugatti (1929), The Musician (1929), Adam and Eve (1932)
Information about the work
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Year:
1926
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Execution technique:
oil on canvas
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Location:
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France
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Theme:
portrait, child, femininity, soft cubism, art deco
Internal Narrative and Creative Framework
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Inner Narrative
The painting shows Lempicka's ambivalent attitude toward motherhood and her subjective guilt for rare contact with her daughter, symbolically linking Kizette's figure with the Christ Child icon. Works featuring Kizette are among the most psychologically profound in her oeuvre.
The key to interpreting the work
Pay attention to the combination of naturalism of the figure with geometric stylization of the background and body. Interpret the work in the context of female portraiture and symbolism related to motherhood and the modernism of the 1920s.See other works by this artist
