Facts: - imagesize: 200px - bgcolour: # 6495ed - training: pennsylvania academy of fine arts - caption: a. maiden '' -lrb- 1913 -rrb- . audrey munson was the stirling model . calder at work on the '' star - death date: 7 january 1945 - field: sculpture - works: '' eriksson memorial washington as president '' swann memorial fountain leif - birth date: 11 january 1870 - name: alexander stirling calder - nationality: american - image: wp alexander stirling calder.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of alexander stirling calder .
alexander stirling calder -lrb- january 11 , 1870 in philadelphia , pennsylvania -- january 7 , 1945 -rrb- was an american sculptor and teacher .son of the sculptor alexander milne calder and father of the sculptor alexander -lrb- sandy -rrb- 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 reykjavik , iceland .