biographie de Alexander Milne CALDER (1846-1923)

Birth place: Aberdeen, Scotland

Addresses: Came to U.S. in 1868, settling in Phila. PA

Profession: Sculptor

Studied: John Rhind, in Edinburgh; J.A. Bailly; Thomas Eakins; PAFA.

Exhibited: PAFA, 1882-90

Work: Phila. City Hall (carved sculpture and statue of William Penn which tops the building); Gen. George Gordon Meade, Fairmount Park, Phila.; also, PAFA, Drexel Inst., Union League Cl., all in Phila.

Comments: Leading Philadelphia sculptor, he was the city's chief designer and supervisor of the vast sculptural program at City Hall (1886-94). Father of Alexander Stirling Calder, grandfather of Alexander Calder.

Sources: WW21; Baigell, Dictionary; Falk, PAFA, vol. 2