Carl Milles
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Engelbrekt
Signed C.M. Foundry mark E. Pettersson Fud. Bronze, green patina. Height 70 cm (including base 9 cm).
Literature
Henrik Cornell, "Milles skönhetsvärld", Stockholm 1957, compare with study of the Engelbrekt monument in plaster from 1926, mentioned and reproduced page 20-21, and full figure pictured on poster 18 (at Millesgården).
Henrik Cornell, "Carl Milles - hans verk", Stockholm 1963, compare sketch in plaster and statue mentioned on page 54 and reproduced page 55.
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Sketch for the monument Engelbrekt
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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