Carl Milles
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"Lek med fiskar" (Play with fishes)
Signed Carl Milles. Foundry mark H Bergman fud. The motif conceived 1948. Bronze, green/brown patina. Height 42 cm, length 48 cm, width 35 cm.
Provenance
Carl Milles.
Thence by descent in the family.
More information
According to information from Millesgården, it is a sketch for a monument in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA.
The motif is recorded and depicted in Millesgården's art database.
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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