CHIPARUS (1886-1947), 36 cm, Chryséléphantine, signed, Patineuse

CHIPARUS (1886-1947), Chryselephantine, signed, Patineuse
Period: 1920 / 30 Art Deco, Chryselephantine in Ivory and Bronze with lost wax and on a marble and onyx base, in excellent condition.

Signed: D. CHIPARUS ( Démetré ), XXth century artist, referenced and highly prized,
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Subject : the skater
Dimensions: total height: 36 cm, width: 34 cm,

Biography :
Demetre CHIPARUS 1886 / 1947
Demetre Chiparus, born Dumitru Haralamb Chipăruș on September 16, 1886 in Dorohoi, Romania and died on January 22, 1947 in Paris, was an Art Deco sculptor who lived and worked in Paris. He is sometimes referred to as Demeter Chiparus.
Chiparus is best known for his chryselephantine bronze and ivory sculptures of exotic dancers. His most remarkable works were produced between 1914 and 1933. Demetre Chiparus is one of the most popular Art Deco sculptors on the market. Drawing his inspiration from Egyptian art, this artist brought chryselephantine sculpture up to date, fashioning elegant, refined female figures and dancers.
In 1909, Dumitrua left his hometown near the Ukrainian border to study painting and drawing in Florence, Italy, where he trained with master sculptor Raffaello Romanelli.
By 1912, he was in Paris. He was admitted to the École des Beaux-Arts and worked with sculptors Antonin Mercié and Jean Boucher.
In 1914, he received the "honorable" medal for sculpture, which he exhibited at the Salon des artistes français. After the war, he opened his own studio and exhibited regularly at the salons. He specialized in chryselephantine sculpture, a combination of ivory and bronze. On the strength of this distinction, he enjoyed a flourishing reputation on the Parisian art scene and secured a partnership with the Edmond Etling et Cie foundry. His work was a resounding commercial success. During the Roaring Twenties, his sculptures attracted French and international collectors, ensuring Chiparus a comfortable lifestyle.
In 1920, Chiparus closely followed the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb and drew inspiration from the statues he found. Fascinated by Egyptian chryselephantine sculpture, he modernized the ancestral combination of gold and ivory to fashion his own style, combining bronze and ivory. He dressed his figures in traditional garments and borrowed Cleopatra's features to draw her female faces.
Chiparus' technique is summed up in an article in the Tribune newspaper: "The artistic reference is the prolific work of Romanian Demeter Chiparus, whose touch is particularly recognizable. After a few drawings, to give the caster a precise idea of the expected result, the artist would produce a "plastiline", a ductile material like clay, which takes on its final shape as it hardens. The foundryman then assembled the ivory work and the metal patina, and the whole was cold-painted. Finally, a marble or onyx base completed the statuette.
This technique appealed to sculptors such as Peter Tereszczuk and Ferdinand Preiss, who made Chiparus one of the leaders of decorative sculpture.
Considered one of the most important sculptors of his generation, Chiparus enjoyed both museum and commercial recognition during his lifetime, with numerous exhibitions and private commissions. Since the 1970s, with the revival of collectors' interest in Art Deco, the sculptor has established himself as one of the most highly-rated artists on the market, with a sales record set in 2007 in New York for Les Girls, a chryselephantine sculpture from 1928 sold for 690,580 euros.
He died in Paris on January 22, 1947. He is buried in the Bagneux cemetery in Paris.
The largest collection of Chiparus' works, comprising 120 pieces, is now on display at the Moscow Museum of Art Deco.
An important permanent collection of Chiparus dancers is also on display at the Museum of Art Nouveau and Deco in Salamanca, Spain, known as Casa Lis, which was built by Miguel de Lis, an industrial tanner with a passion for Art Nouveau. The Chiparus collection of dancers is part of the private collection of antique dealer Manuel Ramos Andrade, who donated it to the museum.

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