Carl Milles
"Dianas jakt" (Diana's hunt)
Sculpture group consisting of seven pieces: Diana, two pairs of hounds, two hinds and two wild boars. Diana signed C Milles. Foundry marks L. Rasmussen, Copenhagen. Bronze, green patina. Height 21 - 51,5 cm.
Provenance
Earlier in the collections of Emil Hultmark, Ph. D, Stockholm, Sweden.
Subsequently in the collections of district court judge Richard Hultmark, Linköping, Sweden.
Exhibitions
Kungl. Akademien för de fria konsterna, Stockholm, "Emil Hultmarks samling", march 1942, n:o 226.
Literature
Albin Roosval (editor), "Svenska hem i ord och bilder", 1935, 'Hos krigsdomaren, förste rådmannen Richard Hultmark, Linköping' (article written by Maj Sterner), mentioned page 109.
More information
Hela inre långväggen - mellan dörrarna till vardagsrum och hall - upptages av en bokhylla, på vilken sju pjäser i grön brons "Dianas jakt" av Carl Milles stå uppställda precis så, som konstnären själv vid besök här i hemmet ordnat dem. Man ser vildsvinen, de löpande jakthundarna, de flyende råbockarna och så Diana i mitten. Mot den guldbruna tapeten står den vackra gruppen synnerligt dekorativt.
Designer
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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