Rating and value 2024 of sculptures, bronzes and paintings by Demetre Chiparus

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Rating and artist value Demetre Chiparus

Demetre Chiparus is a French sculptor who belongs to the Art Deco movement. A prolific artist, he is now relatively well regarded on the art market, with his less prestigious works selling for €20, rising exponentially to €580,240 - a substantial difference, but one that speaks volumes about the value that can be attributed to the artist's work. In 2022, a bronze sculpture of dancers entitled Les girls sold for €590,240.

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Artist's style and technique

Demetre Chiparus is an artist of the Art Deco movement, who mainly produced sculptures inspired by classical dancers - especially those known as "exotic". Most of his sculptures are in bronze, but he also produced some in ceramic and chryselephantine.

The career of Demetre Chiparus  

Demetre Chiparus (1886 - 1947), or Dimitri Chiparus, was a Franco-Romanian Art Deco sculptor.

Born near the Ukrainian border in Romania, he studied drawing in Florence and then at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. In 1914, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français, winning an "honorable" medal. After the war, he set up his own studio, specializing in chryselephantine sculpture (a mixture of bronze and ivory), an ancient technique developed in 4th-century Greece. He paints his sculptures cold and uses marble and onyx bases.

Although a stylistic proximity to Edgar Degas, who also produced bronze sculptures of dancers, is apparent, the latter was not one of his masters, since Chiparus was trained by Raffaello Romanelli, Antonin Mercier and Jean Bouché.

The artist died in Paris in 1947.

Demetre Chiparus' imprint on its period

Demetre Chiparus is not a well-known artist. However, he is exhibited in several museums around the world, notably in Russia, and his works are highly prized at auction, with a potential upside not to be overlooked.

Recognizing the artist's signature

Demetre Chiparus signs his works with his full name in a cursive, graphic script with a lively, assertive pencil stroke.

How to know the value of a work of art

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