Artwork
The Wrestlers
(3rd century BCE, cast c. 1885)
by
Artist Unknown
Horticulture Center grounds (Belmont Avenue and North Horticultural Drive, West Fairmount Park)
This sculpture is based on the 3rd century BCE Greek original, which was lost in antiquity. The men are engaged in the Greek sport pankration.
Artwork
Aero Memorial
(1948)
by
Paul Manship (1885 β 1966)
Aviator Park, Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 20th Street
Located opposite the main entrance of the Franklin Institute, the bronze sphere is dedicated to the aviators who died in World War I.
The Honorable Samuel Beecher Hart, a Pennsylvania legislator and captain of the Gray Invincibles, proposed a memorial to the state’s African American military men who had served the United States in wartime.
Artwork
Calder Statues
(1897 β 1899)
by
Alexander Stirling Calder (1870 - 1945)
Presbyterian Historical Society, 425 Lombard Street
These larger-than-life statues at the Presbyterian Historical Society represent six important figures in early American Presbyterianism.
Artwork
Iroquois
(1983 β 1999)
by
Mark di Suvero (b. 1933)
Benjamin Franklin Parkway at Eakins Oval and Spring Garden Street (Iroquois Park)
Mark di Suvero’s monumental Iroquois has a robust energy and physical presence. The abstract sculpture is formed from painted steel I-beams, which are emblematic of the artist’s use of industrial materials.
Artwork
The Thinker
(1902-04, cast 1919)
by
Auguste Rodin (1840 - 1917)
Rodin Museum entrance and walk, Benjamin Franklin Parkway between 21st and 22nd Streets
Philadelphia’s version of this iconic artwork is a cast of the 1902–1904 sculpture. It was installed for the opening of the Rodin Museum in 1929, in front of a façade that replicates the one at Meudon where artist Auguste Rodin’s grave is located.
Even on a windless day, the cape swirls around this hero of three revolutionary wars.
Eight wedges of painted weathering steel by artist Robert Morris form a rounded square on the grass near Kelly Drive.
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.