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Alexander Phimister Proctor
Alexander Phimister Proctor (September 27, 1860 – September 4, 1950) was an American sculptor with the contemporary reputation as one of the nation's foremost animaliers.
==Birth and early years==
Born in Bosanquet, Ontario, near the village of Arkona, Ontario, the son of Thirzah Smith (born 1832), herself daughter of a contractor on the Erie and Welland Canals, and Alexander Proctor (1822–alive 1904).〔Wynne Eastman. ''Genealogical Tracings of the Ancestors, Family and Descendants of Amherst Eastman, Immigrant to Upper Canada in 1785''(Waterloo, Ontario: W. Eastman, 1993), 192-193〕 The family left Canada in 1866〔Charles C. Hill, "Alexander Phimister Proctor," ''The Canadian Encyclopedia''2009 Historica Foundation of Canada〕 and moved to Iowa and then to Denver, Colorado, when Alexander was eleven. Growing up on the frontier, Proctor early developed into a skilled woodsman and hunter—interests that remained with him for the rest of his life. In his autobiography, ''Sculptor in Buckskin'', he spends as much ink, and seems to be as excited about killing his first bear and elk as he is about obtaining his first major commission.
Along with his gun, Proctor took pencils and a sketching pad with him on his trips through the Rocky Mountains. As a hunter he always was careful to measure, draw, and sometimes dissect the animals that had crossed his gun sights. These early studies helped propel him to the position of one of the most sought after and respected animaliers of his day. He was fortunate to find an art instructor in the still rough and tumble Colorado, where his early drawings included big horn sheep, elk, bears, and the lynching of outlaw L.H. Musgrove, which occurred in Denver in November 1868.
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