Loïe Fuller

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.