Chiparus biography
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Chiparus biography
Demétre Chiparus
Romanian–French sculptor (1886–1947)
Demétre Haralamb Chiparus (Romanian: Dumitru Haralamb Chipăruș; 16 September 1886 – 22 January 1947) was a Romanian sculptor of the Art Deco era who lived and worked in Paris, France.
He was one of the most important sculptors of the time.
Life
Demétre Chiparus, born as Dumitru Haralamb Chipăruș[1] in Dorohoi, Romania, was the son of Haralamb and Saveta Chipăruș. 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.[2] Demétre Chiparus died in 1947, suffering a stroke on returning from studying animals at the zoo in Vincennes.[2] He was buried in Bagneux Cemetery, just south of Paris.
Work
Early career
The first sculptures of Chiparus were created in the realistic style and were exhibited at the Salon of 19