Millesgården is an art museum and sculpture garden , located on the island of Lidingö in Stockholm , Sweden . It is located in the grounds of the former home of sculptor Carl Milles (1875–1955) and his wife, the artist Olga Milles (1874–1967). Millesgården consists of three main parts: the artists' former home, an art gallery, and a sculpture park .
9-407: In 1906, the artist couple Carl and Olga Milles bought a plot on Lidingö . The house was designed by architect Karl M. Bengtson (1878-1935) and inaugurated in 1908. Later renovations and extensions were done in collaboration with Milles's brother architect Evert Milles (1885-1960). They planned to build a home associated with art. At Millesgården the works are mainly by Carl Milles. At the entrance of
18-615: A number of years at the Académie Colarossi . Olga Granner became a competent portrait painter who was able to support herself from her work. Around 1900, she exhibited in Vienna and Munich as well as in Graz and the surroundings. Although she was deeply religious and had never intended to marry, as a result of Carl Milles' intensive courtship in Paris from the late 1890s, she married him in 1905. On
27-463: Is the setting of the opening scene of Poul Anderson 's 1970 science fiction novel Tau Zero , and several of the sculpture garden's works are described. This article related to a museum in Sweden is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This garden-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Olga Milles Olga Louise Milles née Granner (1874–1967)
36-576: The basis of the extensive correspondence between the two, in his biography of Carl, Erik Näslund concludes the marriage was platonic. In 1906, the couple moved to Sweden where they lived in Millesgården on the island of Lidingö which was completed for them in 1908. In 1931, the couple moved to Detroit where Carl Milles had been appointed professor at Cranbrook Academy of Art. While there, in addition to caring for their home, Olga painted portraits. Few examples of her work remain today, possibly because she
45-503: The home. Olga Milles and her husband avoided the war years in Europe but both sympathized with Hitler and Mussolini . Two years after her husband died in 1955, she returned to Austria where she spent the rest of her life in her hometown Graz . Born in Graz , Austria, on 24 January 1874, Olga Louise Granner was the daughter of the accountant Anton Granner and his wife Rosalia née Kornberger. She
54-453: The middle terrace is a sculpture garden and another sculpture workshop, Lilla Ateljén. This was the primary residence of Carl and Olga Milles until 1931. In 1936, Millesgården was transformed into a foundation which was handed over as a gift to the Swedish people. The Woodland Chapel was added in the late 1940s and is the site of burial for Carl and Olga Milles. In the early 1950s, Anne's House
63-457: Was an Austrian-born portrait painter who spent many years at Millesgården in Sweden after marrying the sculptor Carl Milles . Although while young she was very productive, she painted less when married. After her husband was appointed professor at Detroit 's Cranbrook Academy of Art , the couple spent 20 years in the United States. There she painted a number of portraits while looking after
72-495: Was built after drawings by Evert Milles. The house was planned for Milles's secretary, Anne Hedmark (1899–1993), who in 1950 took up the post of Millesgarden's hostess and curator. She lived there until 1986. The newest building on Millesgården is Millesgården Art Hall, which is located along one side of the lower terrace. The Millesgården Art Hall was designed by architect Johan Celsing and was inaugurated in October 1999. Millesgården
81-638: Was one of the family's four children. Thanks to her natural talent for painting, when she was 12 she was awarded a scholarship to the Landscape Art Academy (Landschaftliche Zeichenakademie) followed by three years at the Anton Ažbe 's art school in Munich (1893–1895). On the earnings she subsequently received from her portraits of the Austrian aristocracy, in 1889 she was able to travel to Paris where she studied for
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