François-Raoul Larche (1860 in

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– 1912 in

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) was a French

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whose work included several figures of

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, but who may be better known for his numerous female figures, both

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and draped. He was one of several artists inspired by the

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; one of his best-known statues depicts Fuller dancing with part of her drapery billowing above and behind her head like a flame. Another well-known sculpture, '' Les Violettes'', depicts a group of nude children with an older girl who may be their mother or older sister. Their bodies are entwined with

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stems and leaves and they are all wearing petal bonnets, suggesting that they are meant to represent the spirits of flowers.

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Gilded bronze electric lamp in the shape of the American dancer, Loie Fuller
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