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John Singer Sargent (January 12, 1856 – April 14, 1925)

Standing Male Figure

Drawing, ca. 1890?

Otto Greiner (1869-1916)

Manner of Pietro Tacca Saint Sebastian

Reconstruction of the North Frieze of the Pergamon Altar: Scene from the Gigantomachy (detail)

He arrived in Paris in 1897 on a modest scholarship and was soon joined by his sister, Ruth. The siblings attended evening art classes at the Académie Colarossi and anatomy classes at the École des Beaux-Arts.

In 1900, Carl met the artist Olga Granner, to whom he became secretly engaged—a pivotal year for his future.

The plaster cast of Hylas, the young boy abducted by nymphs in Greek mythology, created in 1899 and exhibited at the 1900 Paris Salon, received an honorable mention.

Carl Milles was then commissioned by a Swedish patron to create a marble copy of Hylas. This sculpture is now located in the lobby of the Stadshotellet in Västerås.

The sculpture, delivered in 1907, appears in the foreground of a photograph of Milles' studio, with his sister Ruth standing in the doorway.