Editing Tamara de Lempicka (section)

=== Bisexuality ===
Lempicka was [[bisexual]].{{sfnp|Blondel|Brugger|Gronberg|2004|pp= 34, 42–43}} Her affairs with both men and women were conducted in ways that were considered scandalous at the time. She often used formal and narrative elements in her portraits, and her nude studies included themes of desire and seduction.<ref name="andrejkoymasky.com" /> In the 1920s, she became closely associated with [[lesbian]] and bisexual women in writing and artistic circles, among them [[Violet Trefusis]], [[Vita Sackville-West]], and [[Colette]]. Her close friend and lover the French poet Ira Perrot was the subject of at least eight of Lempicka's  paintings as well as several drawings during the 1920s and 1930s. Most notable among these was Lempicka's acclaimed ''Portrait on Ira P.'' (1931), featuring Ira in a sinuous white satin gown and red shawl, holding an armful of white calla lilies. After Lempicka's daughter Kizette, no other subject was featured as frequently in Lempicka's art as Perrot. Lempicka also became involved with [[Suzy Solidor]], a nightclub singer at the [[Boîte de Nuit]], whose portrait she later painted.<ref name="glbtq.com" /><ref>{{cite book |last1=Rinaldi |first1=Furio |url=https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300278507/tamara-de-lempicka/ |title=Tamara de Lempicka |date=29 October 2024 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=9780300278507 |edition=1st |location=New Haven, CT |pages=296 |access-date=22 January 2025}}</ref>