Polish people claim Tamara Łempicka as ours as she spent most of her early life in Warsaw, and because we like to claim jewish citizens as poles when it's convinient. I think her coming from "extremely fine and limpid European style mid-century wealth" is much more accurate than any nationality-adjacent description could provide.
Polish people claim Tamara Łempicka as ours as she spent most of her early life in Warsaw, and because we like to claim jewish citizens as poles when it's convinient. I think her coming from "extremely fine and limpid European style mid-century wealth" is much more accurate than any nationality-adjacent description could provide.
Poles; "I want to put you in a museum."
Polish Jews; "An art museum?"
Poles; <Anakin Smile>
Polish Jews; "A museum of art, right?"
Thank you for tracking down some Vansittart so quickly!