{"product_id":"demetre-chiparus-oriental-dancer","title":"\"Oriental Dancer\" by Demetre Chiparus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-short\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA stunning early 20\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Century \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hickmet.com\/collections\/art-deco\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eArt Deco\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e cold painted gilt and enamel bronze sculpture of a dancer dressed in an Oriental costume holding a balanced pose with one knee raised and her arms stretched down to her sides. The bronze exhbiting fabulous hand finished surface detail and excellent colours, raised on a green marble base with a mounted central plaque and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003esigned \u003ca title=\"Chiparus\" href=\"https:\/\/hickmet.com\/collections\/chiparus-demetre\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eChiparus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"is-sold show-me\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\"\u003eSorry, this item has been sold. If you would like information about similar items please contact us on 07971850405 or make an enquiry via\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #d5a6bd;\"\u003e\u003ca style=\"color: #d5a6bd;\" href=\"mailto:david@hickmet.com?Subject=Out%20Of%20Stock\" target=\"_top\"\u003eemail here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eADDITIONAL INFORMATION\u003c\/strong\u003e                           \u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeight:                                      39.5cm\u003c\/span\u003e                                 \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWidth:                                       17 cm\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDepth:                                      12 cm \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition:                              Excellent Original Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCirca:                                        1920\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaterials:                               Bronze \u0026amp; Marble\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003eBook Ref                          Chiparus Master of Art Deco by A Shayo\u003cbr\u003e\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage No.                                  93\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU:                                         8821\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"accordion-heading\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"accordion-heading\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChiparus – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demetre_Chiparus\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demetre_Chiparus\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Master of Art Deco\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRomanian by birth, Chiparus worked entirely in Paris, first exhibiting in the Salon of 1914. He is best known for his figures or exotic dancer made of carved ivory and highly worked bronze. The subjects of these chryselephantine works were taken from popular personalities of the day, from contemporary theatre characters and the Orientalist zeitgeist in Paris in the interwar years, as exemplified by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChiparus’s early figures, those on a relatively simple bases, were primarily cast by Etling, a Paris foundry the retailer of contemporary French decorative arts in the 1920s and 1930s. The later pieces were made by the Les Neveux de J Lehmann foundry which specialised in making the more elaborate marble and onyx plinths.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ballets_Russes\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ballets_Russes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Ballets Russe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ballets_Russes\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ballets_Russes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003es\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Ballets Russes was a ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev and performed until his death in 1929. It created a sensation in Western Europe because of the great vitality of Russian ballet compared to French dance and penetrated every facet of entertainment. The great Paris music halls, the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folies_Berg%C3%A8re\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folies_Berg%C3%A8re\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFolies Bergère\u003c\/a\u003e, the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casino_de_Paris\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casino_de_Paris\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCasino de Paris\u003c\/a\u003e, the\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moulin_Rouge!\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moulin_Rouge!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMoulin Rouge\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand others put on spectacular shows inspired by the Ballet Russes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eChiparus attended the music halls and purchased all the magazines which illustrated the dancers. His wife and occasional models posed for him as he varied some of the photographed illustrations, never wasting a good attitude, this gave Chiparus an inexhaustible supply of material and influence from which he derived his most flamboyant, exotic and dramatic statues, frozen in spectacular attitudes, tall and sensuous. Chiparus’s repertoire symbolises a brief golden era and the sculptures that survived stand graceful, self-confident and proudly decorative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTo view our selection of Chiparus figures please click\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Chiparus, Demetre - Artist - Hickmet fine Arts\" href=\"https:\/\/hickmet.myshopify.com\/collections\/vendors?q=CHIPARUS%2C%20DEMETRE\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/hickmet.myshopify.com\/collections\/vendors?q=CHIPARUS%2C%20DEMETRE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"SOLD ITEMS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43488248004844,"sku":"8821","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2614\/8594\/products\/Oriental.jpg?v=1668777888","url":"https:\/\/hickmet.com\/products\/demetre-chiparus-oriental-dancer","provider":"Hickmet Fine Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}