Artist

A. Stirling Calder

born Philadelphia, PA 1870-died New York City 1945
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Alexander Stirling Calder in his studio with model for Introspection, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0001335
Also known as
  • Alexander Stirling Calder
  • Stirling Calder
Born
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died
New York, New York, United States
Active in
  • California, United States
Biography

Sculptor who received numerous commissions, including the Depew Fountain (1915) in Indianapolis, Ind., The Swann Memorial Fountain in Philadelphia, Pa. (1924) and Leif Ericson (1932) in Reykjavik, Iceland. He was the son of sculptor Alexander Milne Calder and father of sculptor Alexander Calder.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)