- Marshall M. Fredericks - deceased
Two Bears, commissioned by the Friends of the Sterling Heights Public Library in 1981, is a 6-foot bronze sculpture of a mother bear and a cub by Marshall Fredericks originally cast in 1964.
Marshall M. Fredericks (1908-1998) is known figurative sculpture, public memorials, exuberant fountains, and whimsical sculptures of animals.
Marshall M. Fredericks was born of Scandinavian heritage in Rock Island, Illinois on January 31, 1908. His family moved to Florida for a short time and then settled in Cleveland, Ohio, where he grew up. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1930 and journeyed abroad on a fellowship to study with Carl Milles (1875-1955) in Sweden. After some months, he studied in other academies and private studios in Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, and traveled extensively in Europe and North Africa.