"émile-coriolan Guillemin (1841-1907) Pair Of Bronze Gauls Soldiers Circa 1875"
Émile-Coriolan Guillemin (1841-1907) Pair of Bronze Gauls Soldiers circa 1875
Pair of very fine chizeling two patinas bronze figures of Gaul soldiers
In traditional costumes and armed with helmet, shields, sword and ax.
Gilded and Silvered Patinas
Both signed Ele Guillemin on the base
Circa 1875
H 25 cm L 12 cm P 10 cm
Émile Guillemin
French, 1841-1907
Guillemin was born in Paris in 1841. His father was sculptor Auguste Guillemin, who worked for aristocrats producing copies of ancient busts. Guillemin studied under his father and under sculptor Jean-Jules Salmson. He first exhibited his work at the Paris Salon of 1870 with two statues of Roman gladiators and continued showing his work at Paris Salons over the next three decades.
Émile Guillemin was a celebrated 19th-century French sculptor whose Victorian-era mas-terpieces showed a deep love and appreciation for Asian and Middle Eastern cultures. He worked with the esteemed Barbedienne Foundry to create bronze figurative sculptures of ex-quisite detail. He also made statuesque bronze floor lamps and glinting silver centerpieces that retain their luster and charm to this day.
Although Guillemin was a prolific sculptor with a wide-ranging repertoire, he is most known for his Orientalist-style pieces, a term denoting the exoticization of Asian and Middle East-ern art in the West. What made Guillemin's work stand out was the great sensitivity and care he put into depicting his subjects in an accurate manner. From Japanese courtesans to Indi-an falconers, his subjects don accurate re-creations of the clothing, hairstyles and accouter-ments of their cultures.
Today, Guillemin's pieces remain in high demand. In 2008, a pair of busts he crafted in 1884, called Femme Kabyle d'Algerie and Janissaire du Sultan Mahmoud II, sold at auction for more than €1 million.
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