Carl Milles
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"Folke Filbyter"
Signed Carl Milles. Numbered 1/12. Foundry mark H Bergman. Bronze, dark patina. Height 23 cm (including wood base 33 cm).
Literature
M. P. Verneuil, "Carl Milles. Sculpteur suédois", 1929, compare page 78-90.
Henrik Cornell, "Milles skönhetsvärld", 1957, compare page 23 and picture number 21-25 and picture number 70.
Henrik Cornell, "Carl Milles", SAK 1963, compare page 68-72.
Erik Näslund, "Carl Milles. En biografi", 1991, compare page 167-169.
More information
"Folke Filbyter," a historical figure, is a smaller version of the monumental Folkungabrunnen group of sculptures Milles created for the main square in Linköping, Sweden in 1927. The sculptor has depicted the progenitor of the house of Bjelbo clan at the moment when, according to the legend, he is on the search for his abducted grandson. Milles portrays the horse falling on a stone with Folke looking steadily downward and this moment fills the composition with movement.
Artist
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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