Spirit of Commerce is a public artwork by German artist Gustav Haug located in Jackson Park, which is on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.This zinc sculpture is 15 feet (4.6 metres) tall and sits on a red granite pedestal near the park's lagoon.On the front of the pedestal, an engraved inscription reads, "Erected by the South Division Civic Association June 26, 1909."[2] Spirit of Commerce stood over the building's front entrance opposite another allegorical figure, Progress, until 1909 when both were removed.In 1864, he settled to Milwaukee where he became involved in creating ornamental custom carving for the city's second courthouse (1873–1939), private residences of Alexander Mitchell and John Plankinton, and St. Paul's Episcopal Church.