Art Nouveau Bronze Sculpture by Leo LaPorte-Blairsy

Leo LaPorte-Blairsy (1865-1923) was an Art Nouveau sculptor and medallist, who trained at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He won a silver medal at the 1900 Universal Exhibition and was named Knight of the National Order of the Legion of Honor in 1903. Reminiscent of the paintings by the Aesthetic Movement painter James MacNeill Whistler. Circa 1900