Hippolyte Montillie

Hippolyte Montillie was a late 19th and early 20th century deaf French sculptor.

Montillie was born in Moulin, France, and earned a degree from the Pereire School for the Deaf in Paris, remaining active thereafter in Paris.cite journal | title = Hippolite Montillie | journal = The Silent Worker | volume = 38 | issue = 1 | year = 1925 | pages = 10 | url = http://dspace.wrlc.org/view/ImgViewer?url=http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/manifest/2041/39701] His most important works are a set of decorative figures on the Pont Alexandre III, and a bronze statue entitled "L'Honneur dominant la Discords" on the cornice of the Grand Palais.cite book | author = Harry G. Lang and Bonnie Meath-Lang | title = Deaf Persons in the Arts and Sciences | publisher = Greenwood | year = 1995 | isbn = 0313291705 | pages = p. 399]

He moved to the United States around 1900,cite journal | title = M. Montillie | journal = The Silent Worker | volume = 14 | issue = 4 | year = 1901 | pages = 53 | url = http://dspace.wrlc.org/view/ImgViewer?url=http://dspace.wrlc.org/doc/manifest/2041/33162] where he worked in the studio of Karl Bilter, producing sculptures and decorative works for the Pan-American and South Carolina Expositions of 1901, and the Louisiana Purchase Exposition of 1904.

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