Céline Emilian (1898–1983) was a French-born Romanian sculptor, notable for her portrait work.
[1] Emilian would return to Paris each year to work, but also established a studio in Rome, and regularly exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Francais from 1930 onwards.
[2][3] Emilian represented Romania at the Venice Biennale in both 1934 and 1936 and created relief sculptures for the Romanian Pavilion at the Paris International Exhibition of 1937.
[1] Retrospectives of her work were held at Bucharest's Stalin Park during 1957 and at Sala Dalles in 1979.
[1] During her career Emilian also created portraits of Bourdelle, Vincent d'Indy, made bas-reliefs for the Eglise St. Remy at Reims and was commissioned to produce 20 statues of former Romanian queens for a Bucharest park.