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Carl Milles

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Carl Milles , 1875-1955, Swedish-American sculptor, whose name originally was Carl Emil Wilhelm Anderson. Influenced by Rodin, he studied in Paris from 1897 until 1904, when he returned to Stockholm. In 1929 he visited the United States for the first time and in 1931 began to teach sculpture at Cranbrook Academy, Cranbrook, Mich. His work, at first inspired by Rodin, later became more angular and abstract. MillesgÄrden near Stockholm contains many of his works. He is represented in the United States by the Peace Monument at St. Paul, Minn.; the Fountain of the Meeting of the Waters... Read more
Milles, Carl Wilheim Emil
Carl Wilheim Emil Milles One of the foremost Scandinavian artists of the 20th century, Swedish-born Carl Milles (1875-1955) combined many of the influences...Early Years in Stockholm and Paris Carl Milles was born Wilhelm Carl Emil Andersson... Read more
Milles, Carl
Milles, Carl (1875–1955). Sweden's most famous sculptor. He was born at Lagga, near Uppsala, and from 1892 to 1897 was apprenticed to...in 1945 but returned to Sweden in 1951 and died at Lidingö, where his home is now an open-air museum of his work, known as Millesgården. Read more

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