Loïe Fuller
by HOETGER, Bernhard, Bronze, height 28 cm
The sculptor Bernhard Hoetger had lived in Paris, where he had met Rodin and worked in his studio. His first bronzes were executed in a very French, powerful Art Nouveau style; they were Parisian, too, in their subject, as this highly animated figure of Loïe Fuller demonstrates.
Loïe Fuller (1862-1928) was one of the most celebrated dancers in Paris during the late 1890s and after. An American, Fuller had developed a style of dance based on the swirling and billowing movements of her diaphanous veiled costumes.