Carl Milles

"Catalogue of Bronzes from Herman Bergmans Konstgjuteri A.B. Stockholm", the motif in the current format listed as no. 21.
M.P. -Verneuil, "Carl Milles. Swedish Sculptor", vol. I, 1929, the motif mentioned on page 32, cf. monumental version of the motif, depicted full-page, PL. 1, in vol. II.
Henrik Cornell, "Carl Milles", SAK, 1963, the motif mentioned on page 62, cf. monumental version of the motif, depicted full-page on page 63.

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.