We just learned about the statue of Georgia O'Keefe by Gaston Lachaise.
Another famous American sculpture is the Vision of Peace by Carl Milles made in Minnesota in 1936.
This statue was made to remember the people from Minnesota who died in World War I.
At the bottom of the statue are 5 Native Americans sitting around a fire, and in the middle in the smoke coming up from the fire is a Native American God of Peace.
It wasn't made just for Native Americans, but for the whole world.
The statue is 38 feet high, and made of onyx.
It is on top of a moving base at the bottom that slowly spins the statue around about 1 time every few hours.
Carl Milles was born in Sweden in 1875, and became a famous artist working there until he was 56.
In 1931 he moved to Michigan to be part of the Cranbrook school, and made many sculptures for the school grounds.
He made many other sculptures in Michigan and other parts of the midwest like Minnesota and Wisconsin.
(from: wikipedia - carl milles)
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