French Artist Demetre Chiparus Haralamb Chiparus born in Romania, September 16, 1886, and passed away in Dorohoi, Romania - 22 January 1947, Paris, France. He was an Art Deco era sculptor who lived and worked in 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 1920's. 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. Chiparus' work was influenced by an interest in Egypt, after Pharaoh Tutankhamen's tomb was excavated. During the 1980's there were ivory reproductions published as the Encore Editions by Ronald K Parker.

Dimitri Chiparus (1886-1947) was active in Paris during the flowering of the Art Deco style in the 1920's, and he ultimately came to be acknowledged as the master of Art Deco bronzes. His artworks highlight the timeless beauty of the dancers and fashion of the period. Whether his subjects are femmes fatales or demure heroines, all of Chiparus's women possess the idealized attitudes of the dance and the erotic posturings of the music hall. Their bodies are lithe and active, glorying in freedom, knowing no constraints. Their costumes reflect the elegant fashions of the day