A special place in the fine and decorative arts of the 1920-30s was occupied by the Art Deco style, which became a symbol of luxury, grace and chic. And one of the best representatives of this trend was the artist, sculptor Demetre Chiparus.

Demeter Ciparus or Demetre Chiparus (1886 -1947) was born in Romania, left the country in 1909 and moved to Italy and then to France, settling in the capital of world art and fashion – Paris.

Chiparus began his work with small sculptures of a realistic nature, by the 1920s the artist began to create decorative sculptures from bronze and ivory in the classical expression of the Art Deco style.

Art Deco is a stylistic trend in the fine and decorative arts. It first appeared in France in the 1920s and became popular internationally in the 1930s and 1940s.

The style is characterized by bold geometric lines and ethnic patterns, decoration in halftones, while colorful ornaments, luxury, chic, expensive modern materials (ivory, crocodile skin, aluminum, rare woods, silver).

Demeter created many of his works on the themes of Diaghilev’s Russian Ballet, often depicting Parisian dancers and beautiful women of his time.

Chiparus’ wife was the artist Julien Lulier, 16 years younger than her husband. Having met in 1924, the couple officially married in 1939, they had no children. It is believed that, consciously or subconsciously, the features of the wife indulged in the images of dancers and medieval ladies.

During World War II, when Paris was occupied by German troops, Chiparus’s work almost ceased to be acquired by foundries. From the beginning of the 1940s Chiparus did not sell almost any of his models, but continued to create for himself, making animalistic sculptures in the Art Deco style.