Tamara married Tadeusz Łempicki, a young Polish lawyer, in 1916.
On March 3, 1916, Tamara de Lempicka married Tadeusz Łempicki in Saint Petersburg. This union not only joined her life to a young Polish lawyer but also placed upon her the surname 'Łempicka,' under which she would gain international fame as an Art Deco painter. At the time, Saint Petersburg was embroiled in the social and political turbulence preceding the Russian Revolution. The marriage symbolized both a personal and social alliance, which, amidst the Russian upheaval, provided her a brief semblance of stability before necessity led them to emigrate.