Dimitri Haralamb Chiparus - Artist Info

About Dimitri Haralamb Chiparus

Name variants

Demetre Haralamb Chiparus, DH Chiparus, Demeter Haralamb Chipparus
  • Biography

    Demetre Haralamb Chiparus (also known as Dumitru Chiparus) (16 September 1886 in Dorohoi, Romania - 22 January 1947 in Paris, France) was a Romanian Art Deco* era sculptor who lived and worked in Paris.

    He was born in Romania, the son of Haralamb and Saveta. 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 Ecole des Beaux Arts* to pursue his art at the classes of Antonin Mercie and Jean Boucher.

    Demetre Chiparus died in 1947 and was buried in Bagneux cemetery, just south of 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...

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