Dh chiparus biography of martin

Romanian–French sculptor (–)

Demétre Haralamb Chiparus (Romanian: Dumitru Haralamb Chipăruș; 16 September – 22 January ) 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.

Dh chiparus biography of martin

In he went to Italy, where he attended the classes of Italian sculptor Raffaello Romanelli. In 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 , 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 He employed the combination of br