Émile Gilliéron
Swiss artist and archaeological draughtsman (1851-1924) · Switzerland · On the map · Artists · Died at 73
Louis Émile Emmanuel Gilliéron, often known as Émile Gilliéron père to distinguish him from his son, was a Swiss artist and archaeological draughtsman best known for his reconstructions of Mycenaean and Minoan artefacts from the Bronze Age.
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![Watercolor and gouache of the village of Kastri (ancient Delphi), painted by Gilliéron in 1876[11]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/eb/%22Vue_de_Delphes%22_d%27%C3%89mile_Gilli%C3%A9ron%2C_p%C3%A8re_%28mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre%2C_Paris%29_%2851578060675%29.jpg/1280px-%22Vue_de_Delphes%22_d%27%C3%89mile_Gilli%C3%A9ron%2C_p%C3%A8re_%28mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre%2C_Paris%29_%2851578060675%29.jpg)
Watercolor and gouache of the village of Kastri (ancient Delphi), painted by Gilliéron in 1876[11]
Drawing by Gilliéron of a red-figure cup from Tanagra, depicting a symposiast reciting a line of poetry by Theognis
Watercolor by Gilliéron of a pediment from the Athenian Acropolis depicting the apotheosis of Herakles
Two replica Vapheio cups made by Gilliéron's company
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From 1877 until his death, he worked with archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann, Arthur Evans and Georg Karo, drawing and restoring ancient objects from sites such as the Acropolis of Athens, Mycenae, Tiryns and Knossos. Well-known discoveries reconstructed by Gilliéron include the "Harvester Vase", the "Priest-King Fresco" and the "Bull-Leaping Fresco".
