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Carl Milles

1875 - 1955

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Carl Milles (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈkɑːɭ ˈmɪ̂lːɛs] ; 23 June 1875 – 19 September 1955) was a Swedish sculptor. He was married to artist Olga Milles (née Granner) and brother to Ruth Milles and half-brother to the architect Evert Milles. Carl Milles sculpted the Gustaf Vasa statue at the Stockholm Nordic Museum, the Poseidon statue in Gothenburg, the Orpheus group outside the Stockholm Concert Hall, and the Fountain of Faith in Falls Church, Virginia. His home near Stockholm, Millesgården, became his resting place and is now a museum. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Milles is the 109th most popular sculptor (up from 126th in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from Sweden (up from 380th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Carl Milles ranks 109 out of 258. Before him are Antonio Rossellino, Adolf von Hildebrand, Hendrick de Keyser, Christian Daniel Rauch, Benedetto da Maiano, and Augustin Pajou. After him are Georg Rafael Donner, Medardo Rosso, John Flaxman, Yevgeny Vuchetich, Silanion, and Kresilas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Carl Milles ranks 77. Before him are Jacques Futrelle, Paul Neumann, J. Stuart Blackton, Shaul Tchernichovsky, Ricardo Viñes, and Robert Garrett. After him are William Hoyt, Princess Louise of Denmark, Laurence Doherty, Paul Löbe, Gaston Billotte, and Thomas Xenakis. Among people deceased in 1955, Carl Milles ranks 71. Before him are Konstantin Hierl, Emmett Till, Antanas Merkys, Robert W. Wood, Reiner Stahel, and Louis Lachenal. After him are Arthur Tansley, Isak Samokovlija, Holger Nielsen, Alexandrina of Balazar, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, and Hubert Cecil Booth.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Milles ranks 361 out of 1,879. Before him are Johan Helmich Roman (1694), Louis Gerhard De Geer (1818), Eric Lemming (1880), Svante Nilsson (1460), Oscar Swahn (1847), and Karl Staaf (1881). After him are Lena Nyman (1944), Esaias Tegnér (1782), Stefan Johansson (1956), Bruno Liljefors (1860), Anna Vasa of Sweden (1568), and Carl Jonas Love Almqvist (1793).

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Among SCULPTORS In Sweden

Among sculptors born in Sweden, Carl Milles ranks 3. Before him are Claes Oldenburg (1929), and Lars Vilks (1946). After him are Johan Tobias Sergel (1740).

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