SCULPTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carl Milles has received more than 158,943 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Carl Milles is the 126th most popular sculptor (down from 118th in 2019), the 380th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 357th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Carl Milles ranks 126 out of 258. Before him are Richard Long, Anish Kapoor, Georg Rafael Donner, Daniel Buren, Adam Kraft, and Bryaxis. After him are Auguste Clésinger, Nicolas Coustou, Silvio Gazzaniga, Antun Augustinčić, Benedetto da Maiano, and Dan Flavin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Carl Milles ranks 79. Before him are Alfred P. Sloan, Charles D. B. King, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, Svetozar Pribićević, Princess Louise of Denmark, and Jim Corbett. After him are Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Marie Marvingt, Ricardo Viñes, Vesto Slipher, Max Abraham, and Otto Ender. Among people deceased in 1955, Carl Milles ranks 78. Before him are Holger Nielsen, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Arthur Tansley, Jim Corbett, Jirō Minami, and Horace McCoy. After him are Ona Munson, Louis Charles Breguet, Hubert Cecil Booth, Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Ango Sakaguchi, and Lin Huiyin.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Carl Milles ranks 380 out of 1,879. Before him are Björn Nordqvist (1942), Daniel Solander (1733), Carl Gustaf von Rosen (1909), Kennet Andersson (1967), David Lagercrantz (1962), and Lena Nyman (1944). After him are Christina Nilsson (1843), Marianne Fredriksson (1927), Ove Andersson (1938), Artur Lundkvist (1906), Per Oscarsson (1927), and Alexander Skarsgård (1976).

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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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