Born Fortunato Gori in Florence, the sculptor trained under Augusto Rivalta at the Accademia di Belle Arti before moving to Paris to continue his studies with Victorien-Antoine Bastet at the turn of the twentieth century.
Having changed his name to Affortunato Gory in 1902, he made his debut in the Paris salon exhibitions, an accolade he enjoyed on repeated occasions until 1923. His first entry was Bust of a Woman, a marble and bronze work executed in a neo-classical style. It was for this combination of materials, sometimes incorporating ivory or alabaster, that Gory was celebrated.
His oeuvre comprises mostly busts or sculptures of often nude or semi-nude women in graceful poses, either in the neo-classical style, or later in his career verging into Art Nouveau. Little is known about his personal life, and he died in Paris in 1925.
