Alexander Stirling Calder
Alexander Stirling Calder was an American sculptor and teacher. He was the son of sculptor Alexander Milne Calder and the father of sculptor Alexander (Sandy) Calder. His best-known works are George Washington as President on the Washington Square Arch in New York City, the Swann Memorial Fountain in Philadelphia, and the Leif Eriksson Memorial in Reykjavík, Iceland.
A. Stirling Calder at work on the Star Maiden (1913). Audrey Munson was the model.
Swann Memorial Fountain (1920–1924), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Leif Eriksson Memorial (1929–1932), Reykjavík, Iceland
Image: Statue of Samuel D. Gross
Alexander Milne Calder (MILL-nee) was a Scottish American sculptor best known for the architectural sculpture of Philadelphia City Hall. Both his son, Alexander Stirling Calder, and grandson, Alexander Calder, became significant sculptors in the 20th century.
A Tacony Iron Works employee with the head of Calder's statue of William Penn in 1894; the statue now stands atop Philadelphia City Hall
William Warner Tomb, Laurel Hill Cemetery (1889)
73rd Pennsylvania Infantry monument, Gettysburg Battlefield (1889)
Indian Figure, prior to installation on City Hall, c. 1892
