Alexandre Kéléty was a sculptor born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1874. Following the First World War, he emigrated to France, where he studied sculpture in Toulouse with Imre Karoly Simay. He then studied in Paris and exhibited his works during the interwar period. Kéléty married Hélène Grün Kéléty, daughter of Russian-born French painter Maurice Grün, and remained active in the interwar Parisian art world as a sculptor, painter, engraver, and teacher until his death in 1940.
His works are characteristically Art Deco, featuring bronze, ivory, chryselephantine, marble, and ceramic busts and statuettes of dancers, mythological figures, and animals in graceful poses and compositions. His patinated bronze sculpture Flamingos reflects his Art Deco stylization, with long, curvilinear lines in a fluid composition that honors the elegance of nature.
During his career, Kéléty exhibited regularly at the Salon de la Société des artistes Français, where he showed works in terracotta, bronze, and ivory during the 1920s and 1930s. His work was also shown at the International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts in 1925 and at the 1937 Paris Universal Exhibition, where he presented works cast by the Etling and Les Neveux foundries of Jules Lehmann.
Sources:
Ask Art via Chris Gilliam, whose sources are:
www.decodame.com/decorativearts/das98.htm and www.sheryls-artdeco.com/sculptors.html
Hickmet Fine Arts.com
https://jacksonsantique.co.uk/makers-retailers/alexandre-kelety/?srsltid=AfmBOoq7gfBCUNzSt2mtelDG3tf4ph8saW4aiQtz_O1Qy8_4pH_rQNMd
