Carl Milles
"Carl Wilhelm Scheele"
Signed Carl Milles. Foundry marks Herman Bergman fud. Bronze, dark patina. Height 49 cm.
Literature
"Katalog öfver bronser från Herman Bergmans Konstgjuteri A.B. Stockholm", the motif in the size in question mentioned as no 21.
M.P. -Verneuil, "Carl Milles. Sculpteur suédois", vol. I, 1929, the motif mentioned page 32, compare monumental version of the motif, illustrated full page, PL. 1, in vol. II.
Henrik Cornell, "Carl Milles", SAK, 1963, the motif mentioned page 62, compare monumental version of the motif, illustrated full page, page 63.
More information
The motif executed in monumental scale in the city of Köping, 1912.
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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