Carl Milles

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artist human sculptor

Carl Milles was a renowned Swedish sculptor known for his expressive, often monumental public artworks and fountains displayed in prominent locations in Sweden and abroad.

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artist → human → sculptor →
awardReceived	Prince Eugen Medal →
birthName	Carl Emil Wilhelm Andersson →
countryOfCitizenship	Sweden →
dateOfBirth	1875-06-23 →
dateOfDeath	1955-09-19 →
educatedAt	Académie Colarossi → Technical School in Stockholm → École des Beaux-Arts →
employer	Cranbrook Academy of Art →
founded	Millesgården sculpture park →
gender	male →
hasWorkLocatedIn	Cranbrook Art Museum → Geneva, Switzerland → Götaplatsen, Gothenburg → Millesgården sculpture park → St. Louis, Missouri → Stockholm Concert Hall → Washington, D.C. →
influencedBy	Auguste Rodin →
languageOfWorkOrName	Swedish →
movement	modern sculpture →
name	Carl Milles →
notableFor	expressive, dynamic figures → fountain design → monumental public sculpture →
notableWork	Aganippe Fountain → Europa and the Bull → Fountain of Faith → Fountain of the Muses → God the Father on the Rainbow → Gustav Vasa monument → Jonah and the Whale → Man and Pegasus → Meeting of the Waters → Orpheus Fountain → Poseidon Fountain → Saint Paul statue at St. Paul’s Chapel, New York → Spirit of Transportation → Sun Singer → The Agony of the Mind → The Angel Musicians → The Folke Filbyter statue → The Fountain of Faith in Falls Church, Virginia → The Gustaf II Adolf statue in Gothenburg → The Hand of God → The Meeting of the Waters fountain in St. Louis → The Milles Fountain at Cranbrook → The Orpheus group at Stockholm Concert Hall → The Poseidon statue in Gothenburg → The Woodrow Wilson Memorial in Geneva →
occupation	professor → sculptor →
placeOfBirth	Lagga → Sweden → Uppsala County →
placeOfDeath	Lidingö → Stockholm County → Sweden →
positionHeld	professor of sculpture at Cranbrook Academy of Art →
residence	Lidingö → Millesgården →
spouse	Olga Milles →
workLocation	Cranbrook, Michigan → Gothenburg → Stockholm → United States →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Orpheus Fountain →	creator
Carl Milles →	name
Stockholm Concert Hall →	publicArtworkBy
Orpheus Fountain →	sculptor