About Émile-Coriolan-Hippolyte Guillemin

Émile-Coriolan-Hippolyte Guillemin (1841- 1907) was born in Paris, he studied under his father, the painter Émile-Marie Guillemin, and was also a pupil of Salmson.

He made his debut at the Salon in 1870 with a pair of Roman gladiators, later winning a Honourable Mention for Sculpture in 1897.

Guillemin covered a wide range of subjects, but normally figurative (most commonly biblical figures, groups or portrait busts of his contemporaries), specialising in ethnographic works he was particularly renowned as a proponent of the Orientalist movement.

Bibliography:
Kjellberg, Pierre. Les Bronzes du XIX siècle, Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs, Les Editions de l’Amateur, (Paris), 1989; pps. 369-370.