Milles, << MIHL uhs, >> Carl (1875-1955), was a Swedish-American sculptor. He became famous for creating fountains that combine graceful figures with splashing water. Milles studied the art of the past and attempted to create a contemporary classical style. His elongated figures emphasize action and gesture and often have symbolic significance. Milles’s works include Meeting of the Waters (1940), in St. Louis, Missouri, and Fountain of Faith (1952), in Falls Church, Virginia.
Milles was born on June 23, 1875, in Lagga, Sweden, near Uppsala. He came to the United States in 1929 and became a citizen in 1945. He taught for many years at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, which has a collection of his works. Milles’s home in Lidingo, near Stockholm, has been made into a park and museum called the Millesgarden. Milles died on Sept. 19, 1955.
