Carl Milles

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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.


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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

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