The Dancer, A Vintage Post D.H.Chiparus Heavy Bronze Figurine on Green Marble Base, Signed. H 16.5" x W 18.5" x D 6". About Artist: Demetre H. Chiparus, also known as Dumitru Chiparus, was born in Dorohoi, Romania, the son of Haralamb and Saveta Chiparus. 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, suffering a stroke on returning from studying animals at the zoo in Vincennes. He was buried in Bagneux Cemetery, just south of Paris.