Gladys Caldwell Fisher

Gladys Caldwell Fisher (April 6, 1907 – April 18, 1952) was an American sculptor and animalier, born in Loveland, Colorado and based in Denver. Best known in Colorado, she was nationally recognized for her work.

Early life and studies Rocky Mountain Sheep, Byron R. White United States Courthouse (1936) Gladys Caldwell moved to Denver when she was eleven and attended East High School and Manual High School. While in school she joined began the study of sculpture at the Beaux-Arts Atelier in Denver. There she studies modeling with Denver sculptor Robert Garrison, composition with John E. Thompson, and art lessons from Allen Tupper True. She received a scholarship from the Denver Allied Arts Association in 1926, which allowed her to study in New York City with Alexander Archipenko. Another scholarship funded study in Paris at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere to study with Jose de Creeft, Aristide Maillol, and George Hilbert. She made a small bust of Gertrude Stein under the mentorship of Maillol.

In 1937, she was asked to create a sculpture for the D.H. Larence Shrine located at the D.H. Lawrence Ranch near Taos New Mexico. She created Red Fox, titled after Lawrence's nickname given to him by local Native Americans on account of his red beard.

Personal life In 1936, she married well known Denver architect Alan Fisher.

Exhibitions Salon des Independents (1929) Museum of Modern Art (1930) First National Exhibition of American Art, Rockefeller Center (1936) Whitney Museum of American Art (1936) New York Word's Fair (1939) Time and Place: One Hundred Years of Women Artists in Colorado, 1900–2000, Center for the Visual Arts, Denver (2000)

Collections Denver Art Museum Denver Public Library Western Art Collection City and County of Denver Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico Albuquerque Kirkland Museum of Find & Decorative Art, Denver