Description: Bronze figurine sculpture entitled "Yvonne", signed within the casting at the bottom right Ruth Milles (1873-1941).

History: In the autumn of 1898, Milles left for Paris, approximately a year after her brother Carl (also a sculptor) had moved there. She studied at the Académie Colarossi and École des Beaux-Arts, and used Paris as base for journeys through France and Germany. Milles and her brother spent much time together in Paris where they collaborated, artistically and economically, in a joint company they started. Among other things, the company sold small bronze figurines, depicting children and characters from fairy tales made by her. She spent the summers in the fishing village Briac in Bretagne where she would draw inspiration from the local fishers' life for her sculptures. Her sculptures were made in an early Impressionistic style. While in France, she and her brother changed their surname to Milles after their father's nickname. In 1902, she received an honorary award at the Salon in Paris. The next year she fell ill with tuberculosis. Ruth travelled back to Sweden and settled down in Islinge on Lidingö, where she set up a studio in which she sometimes shared with the wife of her brother Carl, Olga Milles. Ruth Milles received many commissions from cultural institutions in Stockholm, among them the Royal Dramatic Theatre for medallions and busts of the singer Jenny Lind (1915) In 1904–16, she participated in a number of international exhibitions. She spent ovr a year traveling and exhibiting her work. She was in St. Louis (1905) and Buenos Aires (1910), where she received silver medals for her work. She visited Rome (1911), and also attended the world's fair in San Francisco (1915) and the Swedish art exhibition in Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Denmark (1916). However, her failing health forced her to abandon her sculpturing and she turned first to painting and later to writing instead. She also made illustrations for books, her own and those of other writers. In 1932, she moved to Rome to study theosophy. Her health deteriorated, among other things she contracted gangrene and had one of her legs amputated. Milles died in Rome in 1941 and was buried in the Protestant Cemetery, Rome.

Provenance: N/A

Dimensions: Weight (Pounds & Ounces) = 4 | Height(in) = 10 | Width(in) = 3 | Depth(in) = 2.5

Size of Artwork(in): 10 x 3 x 2.5"

Artist Name: Ruth Milles

Medium: Bronze

Circa: C. 1900

Upon inspection no damage or restoration was observed.