Carl Milles
"Ruskväder" (Foul weather)
Signed C Milles Hollande. Foundry marks Herman Bergman fud. Bronze, brown patina. Height 24,5 (incl. base 26,5), length 40 cm.
Literature
"Små konstböcker No. 18. Carl Milles. 62 reproduktioner i tontryck efter fotografier af originalen", avbildad helsida sid 14 (under titeln "Ruskväder").
M.P. -Verneuil, "Carl Milles. Sculpteur suédois", 1929, motivet omnämnt sid 20 samt avbildat halvsida sid 18 (under titeln "In the wind. Holland/Dans le vent. Hollande/Im Winde. Holland").
Henrik Cornell, "Carl Milles. Hans verk", SAK, 1963, motivet upptaget i förteckningen under år 1903 (som "Holländska fiskarkvinnor i blåst"), sid 248.
Erik Näslund, "Carl Milles -en biografi", 1991, motivet avbildat sid 49 (under titeln "Kvinnor i storm").
Designer
Carl Milles was a Swedish sculptor born in Lägga. He studied at the Technical School in Stockholm, at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Auguste Rodin and on study trips to Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. In Paris he came to stay for many years and made a living as an ornament carver. He studied the animals in the Jardin des Plantes (the Zoological Garden) and was strongly influenced by Auguste Rodin. Milles made a breakthrough with a monument to Sten Sture in Uppsala. He exhibited at the World's Fair in 1900 and was later given a solo exhibition at the Tate Gallery in London. Milles was professor of modeling at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm. Well-known sculptures in public places signed by Carl Milles are the "Gustav Vasa" statue at the Nordic Museum, "Orfeusgruppen" outside the concert hall in Stockholm and the "Poseidonfontänen" in Gothenburg.
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