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Artist´s home
The main building on the upper terrace was the Millles couple's home and studios during the 1910's and 20's. It was opened to the public in the late 1930's ,after having been donated to the Swedish nation by Carl and Olga Milles, residing in USA at that time. In the kitchen, the diminutive breakfast nook features Olga Milles' decorative paintings on the cupboards, inspired by the walls covered with 17th century antique glazed-ceramic tiles from Delpht, Holland. Millesgården's glass, porslin and pewter collections are on view in the cabinets. The adjoining Gallery is characterised by a classicistic interior with grey marblised walls , a marble mosaic floor and graceful alabaster ceiling lamps of Carl Milles design. Small models and replicas of Carl Milles works are exhibited here in a changing selection. Some of the sculptures often on view here include Girl with falling leaf, a study for the Eurydike figure in the Orpheus Fountain in Stockholm and the Pioneer Woman with Rooster, a sketch for a fountain in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. In th entrance hall there hangs a portriait relief of the Swedish actress Fredrica Löf by the renowned sculptor Tobias Sergel (1740-1814). The calligraphic poem, in Millesgården, from 1962 is by the Chinese master poet Kuo-Mo-Jo.
Meet Mediterranean summer at Millesgården !
The couple designed a black and white marble mosaic floor as a portrait of their home and garden. The Tritons and Nereids familiar from Carl´s fountain sculptures are depicted swimming amongst sharks, turtles and starfish in the circular centerpiece. Around all four sides of the mosaic the Swedish wild flora are represented in midsummer bloom with birds and butterflies hovering in the air above. In opposite corners two pairs of Millesgårdens many fountains are seen with playing water. The walls of the Red Room have been treated to a very sophisticated form of marblising called stucco-lustro. This technique entails painting an extremely detailed illusion of veined marble and then polishing the surface with beewax and heat to achieve the striking Pompeian red fresco. Encounter the warmth of a virtual southern summer and drive away the blues in the Red Room ! |
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