Art Deco Panther Sculpture on Marble, D.H. Chiparus

Two sculptures of horses made out of polished brass. Resting on 4.5" round base. Stamped on the bottom " Made in Austria. Hagenauer Wien" Measures:...

Dan Ostermiller is an American sculptor best known for his depictions of animals. As of 2012, he is president of the National Sculpture Society. He resides in Loveland, Colorado. ...

Armchairs are made out of walnut wood and re-upholstered in a light velvety fabric. Arms of the chair is made out of solid piece of wood. On the side beautiful woodgrain is visible. ...

Beautiful console is made out of 2 different size shelves, connected with 3 wood supporters, attacher to trapezoid stable base. Console made out of Macassar wood, 2 shelves and bas...

Beautiful desk is made out of walnut wood, middle section of the desk top is covered with cowhide. Desk has 4 spacious drawers with wide chrome handles. Has prominent base and wide l...

Console is smaller size, very convenient and easy to fit. Made out of walnut wood. Composed out of console top and 2 thin wide legs that are connected with rectangular base. Between ...

R. Lullier (pseudonym of D.H. Chiparus) Sculpture circa 1920 of "The Reader and her Greyhound" mantle sculpture. This is a bronze patinated spelter...

Green patinated metal panther on a marble base. Nice genuine patina. Signed to the marble. excellent condition. Circa 1930. French. Measures: w.50cm l.16cm h.25cm.

Demetre H. Chiparus, "Bles," bronze figure of a young girl with a wheat garland, green and gold patinated bronze raised on a black marble base, signed. Ref. in Alberto Shay...

Very beautiful Art Deco sculpture depicting a sitting woman petting her greyhound. It is constituted of a bronze patinated green color mounted on a beautiful Portoro marble (5 cm of ...

Art Deco panther sculpture mounted to marble base.

"Nude with Bird of Paradise" Art Deco Figurative Sculpture By D.H. Chiparus France, Circa 1920 28" x 17.25" x 12" Demétre Haralamb Chiparus (16 September 1886 – 22 January 1947) was a Romanian Art Deco era sculptor who lived and worked in Paris, France. He was one of the most important sculptors of the Art Deco era. Demétre Chiparus, born as Dumitru Haralamb Chiparus in Dorohoi, Romania, was the son of Haralamb and Saveta Chiparus. In 1909 he went to Italy, where he attended the classes of Italian sculptor Raffaello Romanelli. In 1912 he traveled to Paris to attend the École des Beaux Arts to pursue his art at the classes of Antonin Mercie and Jean Boucher. Demétre Chiparus died in 1947, suffering a stroke on returning from studying animals at the zoo in Vincennes. He was buried in Bagneux Cemetery, just south of Paris. The first sculptures of Chiparus were created in the realistic style and were exhibited at the Salon of 1914. He employed the combination of bronze and ivory, called chryselephantine, to great effect. Most of his renowned works were made between 1914 and 1933. The first series of sculptures manufactured by Chiparus were the series of the children. The mature style of Chiparus took shape beginning in the 1920s. His sculptures are remarkable for their bright and outstanding decorative effect. Dancers of the Russian Ballet, French theatre, and early motion pictures were among his more notable subjects and were typified by a long, slender, stylized appearance. His work was influenced by an interest in Egypt, after Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb was excavated. Chiparus created one of the most iconic bronzes in 1928 called "Danseuse au cerceau" or "Ring Dancer" inspired in the famous and prodigious dancer Zoula de Boncza of the Parisian "Folies Bergère", a first dancer of The Belgrado Royal Opera and a Mime dancer of "l'Opéra-Comique" in Paris. Later in life de Boncza, a descendant of Polish nobility and one of Loie Fuller best students, created a book published in 1961: the dance method "La Danse classique sans barre". The book was published with texts from Eugène de Rijac and illustrations by Alexandre Berlant and Yvonne Breton. He worked primarily with the Edmond Etling and Cie Foundry in Paris owned by Edmond Etling and administrated by Julien Dreyfus. Les Neveux de J. Lehmann was the second foundry who constantly worked with Chiparus and produced the sculptures cast from his models. He based many of his works on the ballet and the theatre, one particular theme being the Ballets Russes from which resulted "The Russian Dancers" depicting Vaslav Nijinsky and Ida Rubenstein in that role in Schéhérazade. Chiparus rarely exhibited at the Salon. In 1923 he showed his “Javelin Thrower” and in 1928 exhibited his “Ta-Keo” dancer, which was edited by the manufacture Friedrich Goldscheider. During the period of Nazi persecution and World War II, the foundries discontinued production of work by Chiparus. The economic situation of that time was not favorable to the development of decorative arts and circumstances for many sculptors worsened. For a time in the early 1940s almost no works of Chiparus were sold but he continued sculpting for his own pleasure, depicting animals in the Art Deco style. At the 1942 Paris Salon, the plaster sculptures “Polar Bear” and “American Bison” were exhibited and in 1943 he showed a marble “Polar Bear...