Émile-Coriolan Guillemin

Émile-Coriolan Guillemin
Born	Émile-Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin November 16, 1841 Paris, France
Died	1907 Paris, France
Nationality	French
Known for	sculptor
Notable work	The Arab Warrior Knight on Horseback (Cavalier Arabe)
Awards	Salon (Paris) award in 1897

Guillemin debuted at the Salon in 1870
(this photo shows patrons at the Salon of 1890)

Émile Guillemin or Émile-Coriolan Hippolyte Guillemin (November 16, 1841 – 1907) was a French sculptor, of the Belle Époque, pupil of his father the artist Emile Marie Auguste Guillemin.^[1] He collaborated with Alfred Barye "Le Fils" on the artwork The Arab Warrior on Horseback. This work is sometimes called as Cavalier Arabe.^[2]

Biography 1
Work 2
Museum 3
Exhibition 4
See also 5
References 6
Bibliography 7

Biography

Guillemin was born in Paris, France and specialized with the French School in the production of bronze sculptures. Guillemin debuted at an exhibition in 1870, at the Salon (Paris), and won an award in 1897.

Work

Guillemin did a production of bronze sculptures and focused his attention on heroic or exotic genres.

Some of his well known bronzes are Arab Warrior Knight, Arab Dancing Girls, Cavaliers, Knights in Armor, The Mandolin Player, Conquistadores, The Alchemist, the Silver Smith, The Bust of Dante Alighieri and Shakespeare. At the 1872 Salon, Guillemin presented Rétaire and Mirmillon, two statuettes of Roman gladiators in bronze and a series of busts in subsequent years.^[2]

Museum

His bronzes are now in many museums collections:

Musée d'Orsay, Paris.^[3]
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada
Musée d'art et d'histoire de Toul, France

Exhibition

The Salon (Paris), 1870

References

^ Fils et élève d'Auguste Guillemin. SAUR LXV 288 ; LAMI XIX III 121 ; Bt 76 V 297
^ ^a ^b Kjellberg, Pierre (1994). Bronzes of the 19th Century (1st ed.). Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. p. 370.
^ Collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris

Bibliography

Philippe Thiébaut, Orsay: Decorative Arts, Scala, 2003, the collections of the Musée d'Orsay, in Paris
Béatrice Rolin, "Fantômes de pierre": la sculpture à Angoulême : 1860–1930, Musée des beaux-arts d'Angoulême, Germa, 1995
Sotheby's, 19th Century European Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1955
M. Le Garrec, Inventaire du fonds français après 1800, Volume 10, Bibliothèque nationale (France). Cabinet des estampes, Jean Laran, 1958
Michael Forrest, Art Bronzes, Schiffer, 1988, kept in University of Michigan, Us, ISBN 2717708995, 9782717708998
Stanislas Lami, Dictionnaire des sculpteurs de l'École française, Volume 7, Champion, 1919, kept in Univeristy of California
De Manet à Matisse: sept ans d'enrichissements au Musée d'Orsay : Paris, Musée d'Orsay, 12 novembre 1990-10 mars 1991, Editions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1990
Stéphane Richemond, Les orientalistes: dictionnaire des sculpteurs, XIXe-XXe siècles, Les Éditions de l'Amateur, 2008, ISBN 2859174842, 9782859174842
Harold Berman, Bronzes; Sculptors & Founders, 1800–1930, Volume 2, Abage, 1976, kept in University of California
Pierre Kjellberg, Bronzes of the 19th Century: Dictionary of Sculptors, Schiffer Pub., 1994, ISBN 0887406297, 9780887406294
Florence Rionnet, La maison Barbedienne: correspondances d'artistes, CTHS, 2008, ISBN 2735506665, 9782735506668
Marie-Odile Mergnac, Les noms de famille en France: histoires et anecdotes, Archives & culture, 2000, kept in University of Michigan, ISBN 2911665449, 9782911665448
Sculptures in Terracotta: Small Terracottas & Bozzetti of Five Centuries, 22 October-9 November 1963, Mallett at Bourdon House, 1963
Sotheby's, A Private European Residence: French & Neoclassical Furniture, Paintings & Works on Paper , London, 2006.

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