Milles, Olga Granner, 1874-1967
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1967
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Carl Milles Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1989-13
Abstract
Carl Emil Wilhelm Anderson was a prolific Swedish sculptor who worked as head of the Department of Sculpture at the Cranbrook Academy of Art from 1931-1951. He began his career in woodwork while trying to establish professional recognition as a sculptor. In 1905 Milles married painter Olga Granner and in 1908, he began to build a home at Hersud, Lidingo, near Stockholm. By 1920, he had become Professor of Modeling at the Royal Academy of Art, Stockholm, and subsequently become the...
Dates:
1917 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1929 - 1945
Saarinen Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: 1990-08
Abstract
Finnish architect, Gottlieb Eliel Saarinen was born August 20, 1873. In 1904 Saarinen married artist Minna Carolina Mathilde Louise “Loja” Gesellius (b. 1879). The Saarinen's daughter Eeva Lisa “Pipsan” was born in Helsingfors, Finland on 31 March 1905 and their son Eero was born in Kyrkslaett, Finland on 20 August 1910. In 1923 Eliel met the Detroit newspaper magnate George Gough Booth, who was to become his chief patron in America. At Booth’s invitation, Saarinen moved his practice to...
Dates:
1880 - 1989
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- Collection 9
- Archival Object 3
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- Sculpture 6
- Architecture 3
- Art -- Study and teaching 3
- Photographs 3
- Science museums 3
- Architecture, Domestic 2
- Arts 2
- Bloomfield Hills (Mich.) 2
- Education 2
- Scrapbooks 2
- Angel on the Horse 1
- Art auctions 1
- Arts and crafts movement 1
- Bookbinding 1
- Carillons 1
- Ceramics 1
- Charles Scribners Sons Building (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Church architecture 1
- Cranbrook (Kent, England) 1
- De Geer Monument 1
- Exhibitions 1
- Fountain of Faith 1
- Glass painting and staining 1
- Harrisburg (Pa.) 1
- Heaven 1
- Meeting of the Waters [Sculpture] 1
- Metalwork 1
- Minerals 1
- Mural painting and decoration -- 20th century 1
- Museums 1
- Newspapers -- Ownership 1
- Prohibition 1
- Religion 1
- Sketchbooks & albums 1
- Students 1
- Textile fabrics 1
- Textiles 1
- Trans World Airlines Terminal (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Washington (D.C.) 1
- Weaving 1
- Women -- Suffrage 1
- World War, 1914-1918 1 ∧ less
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