He was born as Carl Wilhelm Emil Andersson, son of lieutenant August Emil Sebastian "Mille" Andersson (1843-1910) and his wife Walborg Alfhild Maria Tisell (1846-1879), at Lagga outside Uppsala in 1875. [1][2] In 1897 he made what he thought would be a temporary stop in Paris on his way to Chile, where he was due to manage a school of gymnastics. However, he remained in Paris, where he studied art, working in Auguste Rodin's studio and slowly gaining recognition as a sculptor. In 1904 he and Olga moved to Munich.
Two years later they settled in Sweden, buying property on Herserud Cliff on Lidingö, a large island near Stockholm. Millesgården was built there between 1906 and 1908 as the sculptor's private residence and workspace. It was turned into a foundation and donated to the Swedish people in 1936.
In 1931, American publisher George Gough Booth brought Milles to Cranbrook Educational Community, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to serve as his sculptor in residence.[3] Part of Booth's arrangement with his principal artists was that they were expected to create major commissions outside the Cranbrook environment.[4]
Sculpture at Fort Christina
In 1938, for the 300th anniversary of the founding of New Sweden, the country commissioned a sculpture by Milles featuring a replica of the Kalmar Nyckel, the ship which originally brought the Swedish colonists to America. The sculpture is located at Fort Christina in Wilmington, Delaware, near the landing site where the colonists arrived in 1638.
In America he is best known for his fountains. Milles' fountain group The Wedding of the Waters in St. Louis symbolizes the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers merging just upstream. Commissioned in 1936 and unveiled in May 1940 to a crowd of about 3000 people, the fountain caused a local uproar because of its playful, irreverent, naked, and nearly cartoonish figures, and because Milles had conceived the group as a wedding party. Local officials insisted that the name be changed to The Meeting of the Waters.
Outside Detroit's Frank Murphy Hall of Justice is a Carl Milles statue, The Hand of God, which was sculpted in honor of Frank Murphy, Detroit Mayor, Michigan Governor, and United States Supreme CourtAssociate Justice. The statue was placed on a pedestal with the help of sculptor Marshall Fredericks. The statue was commissioned by the United Automobile Workers,[5] and paid for by individual donations from UAW members.[6] The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research, an annual award for research on entrepreneurship, consists of a replica statuette of The Hand of God and a prize of 100,000 euros.[7] Milles' sculptures sometimes offended American sensibilities, and he had a 'fig leaf' maker on retainer.[3]
Milles Indian head
Photographs of his sculptures, taken for a monograph on Milles, are now held in the Carl Milles Photograph Collection, c. 1938–1939, in the Ryerson & Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Milles and his wife returned to Sweden in 1951, and lived in Millesgården every summer until Milles' death in 1955. They spent winters in Rome, where the American Academy had supplied them with a studio. Milles and his wife, Olga, who died in 1967 in Graz, Austria, are buried in a small stone chapel, designed by Milles, at Millesgården. Because Swedish law requires burial on sacred ground, it took the assistance of the then reigning Gustaf VI Adolf to allow this resting place.
Selected worksEdit
The Sunsinger, National Memorial Gardens, Falls Church, VATriton Blowing a Shell, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MinnesotaTwo Dancers, Götaplatsen, Gothenburg
The Greendale War Memorial on West Boylston Street in Worcester, Massachusetts.Greendale War Memorial for Veterans of All Wars, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1948
Jonsson, Ann, « D’un mythe à l’autre : L’ 'Europe' de Carl Milles et sa symbolique en Suède », in D'Europe à l'Europe, II. Mythe et identité du XIXe s. à nos jours (colloque de Caen, 1999), éd. Rémy Poignault, Françoise Lecocq et Odile Wattel – de Croizant, Tours, Centre Piganiol, coll. Caesarodunum, n° XXXIII bis, 2000, p. 157-162.
Kvaran, Einar E., An Annoted Inventory of Outdoor Sculpture in Washtenaw County (Masters Thesis. 1989)
Liden, Elisabeth, Between Water and Heaven, Carl Milles Search for American Commissions, (Almqvist & Wiksell International, Stockholm, Sweden 1986)
Martenson, Gunilla, A Stockholm Sculpture Garden (New York Times, Dec. 27, 1987)
Nawrocki, Dennis and Thomas Holleman, Art in Detroit Public Places, (Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Michigan 1980)
Piland & Uguccioni, Fountains of Kansas City, (City of Fountains Foundation 1985)
Rogers, Meyric, Carl Milles, An Interpretation of His Work, (Yale University Press, New Haven, Connecticut 1940)
Taylor, Askew, Croze, et al., Milles At Cranbrook, (Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1961)
Westbrook, Adele and Anne Yarowsky, Design in America, The Cranbrook Vision 1925–1950, (Detroit Institute)
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carl, milles, swedish, pronunciation, ˈkɑːɭ, ˈmɪ, lːɛs, listen, june, 1875, september, 1955, swedish, sculptor, married, artist, olga, milles, née, granner, brother, ruth, milles, half, brother, architect, evert, milles, sculpted, gustaf, vasa, statue, stockho. Carl Milles Swedish pronunciation ˈkɑːɭ ˈmɪ lːɛs listen 23 June 1875 19 September 1955 was a Swedish sculptor He was married to artist Olga Milles nee Granner and brother to Ruth Milles and half brother to the architect Evert Milles Carl Milles sculpted the Gustaf Vasa statue at the Stockholm Nordic Museum the Poseidon statue in Gothenburg the Orpheus group outside the Stockholm Concert Hall and the Fountain of Faith in Falls Church Virginia His home near Stockholm Millesgarden became his resting place and is now a museum Carl MillesCarl Milles by his desk in the Millesgarden in Sweden 1955Born23 June 1875 Lagga Died19 September 1955 aged 80 Lidingo forsamling OccupationSculptor architect Spouse s Olga Milles Parent s Emil Mille Andersson FamilyRuth Milles Tage Milles Evert Milles Stig Milles Websitehttps www millesgarden se home aspx SignatureIndian God of Peace Saint Paul City Hall and Ramsey County Courthouse Saint Paul Minnesota Contents 1 Biography 2 Selected works 3 Gallery 4 Sources and references 5 See also 6 Notes 7 External linksBiography EditHe was born as Carl Wilhelm Emil Andersson son of lieutenant August Emil Sebastian Mille Andersson 1843 1910 and his wife Walborg Alfhild Maria Tisell 1846 1879 at Lagga outside Uppsala in 1875 1 2 In 1897 he made what he thought would be a temporary stop in Paris on his way to Chile where he was due to manage a school of gymnastics However he remained in Paris where he studied art working in Auguste Rodin s studio and slowly gaining recognition as a sculptor In 1904 he and Olga moved to Munich Two years later they settled in Sweden buying property on Herserud Cliff on Lidingo a large island near Stockholm Millesgarden was built there between 1906 and 1908 as the sculptor s private residence and workspace It was turned into a foundation and donated to the Swedish people in 1936 In 1931 American publisher George Gough Booth brought Milles to Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills Michigan to serve as his sculptor in residence 3 Part of Booth s arrangement with his principal artists was that they were expected to create major commissions outside the Cranbrook environment 4 Sculpture at Fort ChristinaIn 1938 for the 300th anniversary of the founding of New Sweden the country commissioned a sculpture by Milles featuring a replica of the Kalmar Nyckel the ship which originally brought the Swedish colonists to America The sculpture is located at Fort Christina in Wilmington Delaware near the landing site where the colonists arrived in 1638 In America he is best known for his fountains Milles fountain group The Wedding of the Waters in St Louis symbolizes the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers merging just upstream Commissioned in 1936 and unveiled in May 1940 to a crowd of about 3000 people the fountain caused a local uproar because of its playful irreverent naked and nearly cartoonish figures and because Milles had conceived the group as a wedding party Local officials insisted that the name be changed to The Meeting of the Waters Outside Detroit s Frank Murphy Hall of Justice is a Carl Milles statue The Hand of God which was sculpted in honor of Frank Murphy Detroit Mayor Michigan Governor and United States Supreme Court Associate Justice The statue was placed on a pedestal with the help of sculptor Marshall Fredericks The statue was commissioned by the United Automobile Workers 5 and paid for by individual donations from UAW members 6 The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research an annual award for research on entrepreneurship consists of a replica statuette of The Hand of God and a prize of 100 000 euros 7 Milles sculptures sometimes offended American sensibilities and he had a fig leaf maker on retainer 3 Milles Indian headPhotographs of his sculptures taken for a monograph on Milles are now held in the Carl Milles Photograph Collection c 1938 1939 in the Ryerson amp Burnham Libraries at the Art Institute of Chicago Milles and his wife returned to Sweden in 1951 and lived in Millesgarden every summer until Milles death in 1955 They spent winters in Rome where the American Academy had supplied them with a studio Milles and his wife Olga who died in 1967 in Graz Austria are buried in a small stone chapel designed by Milles at Millesgarden Because Swedish law requires burial on sacred ground it took the assistance of the then reigning Gustaf VI Adolf to allow this resting place Selected works Edit The Sunsinger National Memorial Gardens Falls Church VA Triton Blowing a Shell Mayo Clinic Rochester Minnesota Two Dancers Gotaplatsen GothenburgAganippe Fountain Metropolitan Museum of Art New York City 1951 1955 at Brookgreen Gardens since 1982 Aviator Monument Karlaplan Stockholm 1931 Fountain of Faith National Memorial Park cemetery Falls Church Virginia 1939 1952 8 Gustav Vasa Statue Nordic Museum Stockholm 1905 1907 painted gypsum and 1925 painted oak Folkung Fountain Old Square Linkoping 1924 1927 Louis De Geer Old Square Norrkoping 1945 Sten Sture Monument Uppsala 1902 1925 Indian God of Peace City Hall Saint Paul Minnesota 1932 1936 Bronze doors Finance Building Pennsylvania State Capitol Complex Harrisburg Pennsylvania 1938 Diana Fountain Matchstick Palace Stockholm 1927 28 Europe and the Bull Fountain Stora Torg Halmstad 1924 1926 Exterior sculpted decor of Sweden s Royal Dramatic Theatre Stockholm 1903 1908 God on the Rainbow Nacka 1995 by Marshall Fredericks on a 1946 model by Milles for the Headquarters of the United Nations The Greendale War Memorial on West Boylston Street in Worcester Massachusetts Greendale War Memorial for Veterans of All Wars Worcester Massachusetts 1948 Man and Nature lobby of 1 Rockefeller Plaza Rockefeller Center New York City 1937 1941 Man and Pegasus Castle Park Malmo 1949 Maritime Goddess Helsingborg 1921 1923 Meeting of the Waters monumental fountain St Louis Missouri 1936 1940 Monument to Johannes Rudbeckius Vasteras 1923 Numerous works at Cranbrook Educational Community Bloomfield Hills Michigan including Mermaids amp Tritons Fountain 1930 Sven Hedin on a Camel 1932 Jonah and the Whale Fountain 1932 Orpheus Fountain 1936 4 On a Sunday Morning monumental fountain Ingalls Mall University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan 1939 1941 Orpheus Group in front of Stockholm Concert Hall 1926 1936 Playing Angels Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1950 purchased by Fairmount Park Art Association in 1968 installed 1972 9 Poseidon Fountain Gotaplatsen Gothenburg 1925 1931 Saint Martin of Tours William Volker Memorial Fountain Kansas City Missouri 1950 1955 Sjoguden Sea God Skeppsbron Stockholm 1913 Spirit of Transportation Detroit Civic Center Detroit Michigan 1952 Sun Singer Helgeandsholmen Stockholm 1926 replicas in Robert Allerton Park Monticello Illinois 10 11 and National Memorial Gardens Falls Church Virginia Swedish Tercentenary Monument Fort Christina Wilmington Delaware 1937 38 The Archer in front of Liljevalchs konsthall Stockholm 1919 The Astronomer 1939 New York World s Fair Flushing Meadows Corona Park 1938 39 plaster destroyed at the Fair s end later reproduced in smaller scale bronze The Four Ages of Economic Exchange Stockholms Enskilda Bank head office Stockholm 1915 The Hand of God Eskilstuna 1952 1954 Two Dancers 1915 placed on Gothenburg s Gotaplatsen in 1952 Two plaques on WWJ Building Detroit Michigan 1936 Wall reliefs on Racine County Courthouse Racine Wisconsin 1931Gallery EditCarl Milles sculptures Poseidon Gothenburg Angels Playing Music Millesgarden Stockholm Wild Boar Millesgarden Millesgarden Millesgarden Europa on the Bull University of Tennessee Knoxville God Father Nacka Strand Nacka Man and Pegasus Millesgarden The Hand of God MillesgardenSources and references Edit Milles Poseidon in Gothenburg SwedenJonsson Ann D un mythe a l autre L Europe de Carl Milles et sa symbolique en Suede in D Europe a l Europe II Mythe et identite du XIXe s a nos jours colloque de Caen 1999 ed Remy Poignault Francoise Lecocq et Odile Wattel de Croizant Tours Centre Piganiol coll Caesarodunum n XXXIII bis 2000 p 157 162 Kvaran Einar E An Annoted Inventory of Outdoor Sculpture in Washtenaw County Masters Thesis 1989 Liden Elisabeth Between Water and Heaven Carl Milles Search for American Commissions Almqvist amp Wiksell International Stockholm Sweden 1986 Martenson Gunilla A Stockholm Sculpture Garden New York Times Dec 27 1987 Nawrocki Dennis and Thomas Holleman Art in Detroit Public Places Wayne State University Press Detroit Michigan 1980 Piland amp Uguccioni Fountains of Kansas City City of Fountains Foundation 1985 Rogers Meyric Carl Milles An Interpretation of His Work Yale University Press New Haven Connecticut 1940 Taylor Askew Croze et al Milles At Cranbrook Cranbrook Academy of Art 1961 Westbrook Adele and Anne Yarowsky Design in America The Cranbrook Vision 1925 1950 Detroit Institute See also EditMarshall FredericksNotes Edit August Emil Sebastian Andersson geni family tree Retrieved 2020 10 26 Walborg Alfhild Maria Tisell geni family tree Retrieved 2020 10 26 a b Carl Milles sculptures Detroit News Info detnews com 1999 09 06 Archived from the original on 2013 01 21 Retrieved 2012 05 11 a b Baulch Vivian M September 6 1999 Carl Milles Cranbrook s favorite sculptor Michigan History The Detroit News Archived from the original on January 2 2013 Retrieved February 14 2011 Monumental Sculptures of Detroit Detroit News Info detnews com 1999 09 05 Archived from the original on 2012 07 12 Retrieved 2012 05 11 Art Inventory The Hand of God by Carl Milles Siris artinventories si edu 1970 11 29 Retrieved 2012 05 11 The Global Award for Entrepreneurship Research The Prize e award org Retrieved 2023 02 17 Ann O Hanlon September 28 2000 A Sculpture Garden s Rebirth Washington Post Playing Angels Association for Public Art Retrieved 2016 09 14 Carl Milles The New York Times March 13 1988 Carl Milles Garden in Stockholm Philip greenspun com 2009 08 19 Retrieved 2012 05 11 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media 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