Carl Milles

Carl Milles was born and raised in Lagga near Uppsala, the son of an officer, major Emil Anderson. Carl's mother, Valborg died when he was just three years old. Carl began his schooling in Stockholm, but left prematurely and became apprenticed to a cabinet maker. Later he attended evening classes in woodwork, carving and model­ling at the Stockholm Technical School. In 1897 Carl was awarded a grant by the Swedish Handicraft Society, permitting him to travel to Paris, where he supported himself doing ornamental carpentry while studying anatomy at Ecole des Beaux-Arts. In 1899 he exhibited an original sculpture at the Paris Salon and continued to exhibit there each year until 1906. 

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Olga Granner's many years of art studies had begun in Graz at the Landschaftliche Zeichen-Akademie 1886-92, with the aim of working as a drawing teacher. Her education continued with the help of a scholarship to the Azbe-Schule in Munich 1893-95 and was completed at the Academie Colarossi in Paris, 1899-1901.

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Sculptor Ruth Milles was born at Bällsta gård in Vallentuna on April 19, 1873. She began her art studies at the Technical School in Stockholm, 1890-93, and continued at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, 1894-98. She then traveled to Paris, where she created sculptures and illustrations and was awarded the Honorary Prize at the Paris Salon in 1902.

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Evert Milles was a Swedish architect and half-brother of the sculptor Carl Milles. As a close associate of Carl Milles, he was hired to design the renovations and extensions of Millesgården from 1911. One of his last works at Millesgården was the lower terrace and “Anne’s House”, which was almost completed at the time of Carl Milles’s death in 1955.

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Carl Milles is represented in many parts of the world. In Stockholm and the surrounding area alone, there are no fewer than 80 sculptures and reliefs.

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Over the years, Carl Milles received many prestigious commissions to decorate public spaces with his sculptures around Sweden.

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In addition to works in Stockholm and Sweden, Carl Milles is widely represented in the rest of the world, from Europe and the USA to Australia, Japan and China.

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In Millesgården's art database you can search for Carl Milles' works, in the Antiques Collection and among works in the rest of the art collection.

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