The Mounted Amazon Attacked by a Panther was the work of German sculptor August Kiss. Caught in the midst of the attack, the figures convey the violence and emotional tension of the moment.
Artwork
The Pilgrim
(1904)
by
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848 - 1907)
Kelly Drive at Lemon Hill Drive
The New England Society of Pennsylvanians asked Augustus Saint-Gaudens to make a replica of “The Puritan” located in Springfield, Massachusetts for the city of Philadelphia. Gaudens made some changes in the figure’s dress and adjusted the facial characteristics for “The Pilgrim.”
Artwork
The Laborer
(1958)
by
Ahron Ben-Schmuel (1903 - 1984)
North Terrace of Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial (north of Boathouse Row on Kelly Drive)
Artist Ahron Ben-Shmuel was commissioned to create a sculpture for the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial that would commemorate the working men and women who helped build the United States.
As the Fairmount Water Works expanded in the 1820s, the city’s Watering Committee decided to embellish the site with emblematic sculpture and commissioned William Rush, the foremost American sculptor of his era, for the project.
Eight wedges of painted weathering steel by artist Robert Morris form a rounded square on the grass near Kelly Drive.
Artwork
Goethe
(1890)
by
Heinrich Carl Johann Manger (1833 - 1891)
Horticulture Center grounds (Belmont Avenue and North Horticultural Drive, West Fairmount Park)
“Goethe” was commissioned by the Canstatter Volksfest-Verein, and is a companion piece to “Schiller” also located on the Horticulture Center grounds.
Artwork
Thomas Fitzsimons
(1946)
by
Giuseppe Donato (1881 - 1965)
Sister Cities Park, 18th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway
An Irish immigrant, Fitzsimons founded a major trading company that provided supplies and funds to American forces during the Revolutionary War. The statue stands near Don Diego de Gardoqui in Sister Cities Park.
The two base relief panels are located opposite each other and mark the sides of the entrance to the North Terrace of the Ellen Phillips Samuel Memorial.
Artwork
AMOR
(1998)
by
Robert Indiana (1928 - 2018)
Sister Cities Park, 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway
On the occasion of the World Meeting of Families and Pope Francis’ visit to the U.S., the Philadelphia Museum of Art in partnership with the Association for Public Art presented the installation of Robert Indiana’s AMOR.
Commissioned by the Rittenhouse Square Improvement Association in memory of Evelyn Taylor, who was the organization’s president as well as the long-term president of the Flower Market Association.