biography
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Milles, Carl (Wilhelm Emil)
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original surname Andersson
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pronunciation:
[milz]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1875–1955)
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| biography:
| Sculptor, born in Uppsala, E Sweden. He studied in Paris, and won recognition with the competition for the Sten Sture monument near Uppsala (completed 1925). His other monuments include the Gustav I Vasa statue, and he was especially renowned as a designer of fountains. Much of his work is in the USA, where he settled in 1931, becoming a US citizen in 1945. Noteworthy examples are Wedding of the Rivers (1940) in St Louis, and St Martin of Tours (1955) in Kansas City. |
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