DOI Heft:
No. 388 (July 1925)
DOI Artikel:Bröchner, Georg: The garden of Professor Carl Milles
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21403#0012
THE GARDEN OF PROFESSOR CARL MILLES
pond and terrace are viewed enchanting
vistas present themselves : arches and
pillars, flowering plants and luxurious
green creepers, the placid water of the
pond mirroring its exquisite surround-
ings, at its end a mighty column, standing
out against the sky and reflected in the pond,
vases and ornamental steps, and beyond
it all a glorious Swedish panorama—surely
a well-favoured spot by God and by man—
the classic charm of the South, luxurious,
yet chastened, blended with the sterner
and more sombre beauties of the master's
native Northern land. a a a
Professor Milles's garden plays a part—
a part of the greatest importance—in the
life's work of the artist. It has become a
home for many of his sculptured master-
pieces (where could a better be found),
the two, in fact are inseparable, and the
garden itself is a life's work—is it too
much to say his greatest?' I have dealt
very inadequately, I feel, with one
portion, but pages could be filled with
eulogies of its rare and manifold beauties.
This garden is a hallowed place of restful,
rhythmic loveliness, an inspiration of a
great master which in its turn inspires its
far-famed maker. a 0 0 0
And the work is not done yet; it goes
on and will go on till Carl Milles—late may
it happen—lays down his chisel for good.
Fresh terraces, more places must be pre-
pared ready to receive new works, there
will be more marble, more bronze, more
granite, but there is one who never forgets
that it is a garden—the harmony between
art and nature will not be disturbed.
Ingeniously interwoven in the wrought-
iron gate, of true Swedish craftsmanship,
are the words : Lat mig verka medan Dagen
Brinner (Let me work whilst the day is
at its height.) So far the day has been at
its height, though there have been passing
clouds, and the world knows whether or not
Professor Milles has worked. a 0
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THE CHAPEL IN THE
GARDEN OF CARL MILLES
pond and terrace are viewed enchanting
vistas present themselves : arches and
pillars, flowering plants and luxurious
green creepers, the placid water of the
pond mirroring its exquisite surround-
ings, at its end a mighty column, standing
out against the sky and reflected in the pond,
vases and ornamental steps, and beyond
it all a glorious Swedish panorama—surely
a well-favoured spot by God and by man—
the classic charm of the South, luxurious,
yet chastened, blended with the sterner
and more sombre beauties of the master's
native Northern land. a a a
Professor Milles's garden plays a part—
a part of the greatest importance—in the
life's work of the artist. It has become a
home for many of his sculptured master-
pieces (where could a better be found),
the two, in fact are inseparable, and the
garden itself is a life's work—is it too
much to say his greatest?' I have dealt
very inadequately, I feel, with one
portion, but pages could be filled with
eulogies of its rare and manifold beauties.
This garden is a hallowed place of restful,
rhythmic loveliness, an inspiration of a
great master which in its turn inspires its
far-famed maker. a 0 0 0
And the work is not done yet; it goes
on and will go on till Carl Milles—late may
it happen—lays down his chisel for good.
Fresh terraces, more places must be pre-
pared ready to receive new works, there
will be more marble, more bronze, more
granite, but there is one who never forgets
that it is a garden—the harmony between
art and nature will not be disturbed.
Ingeniously interwoven in the wrought-
iron gate, of true Swedish craftsmanship,
are the words : Lat mig verka medan Dagen
Brinner (Let me work whilst the day is
at its height.) So far the day has been at
its height, though there have been passing
clouds, and the world knows whether or not
Professor Milles has worked. a 0
6
THE CHAPEL IN THE
GARDEN OF CARL MILLES