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Alexander Calder - Wikipedia
Alexander Calder (/ ˈkɔːldər /; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. [ 1 ]
Alexander Calder - 229 artworks - sculpture - WikiArt.org
Alexander Calder lived in the XX cent., a remarkable figure of American Kinetic art. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Alexander Calder - MoMA
Ranging from delicate, intimate, figurative objects in wood and wire, to hanging sculptures that move, to monumentally scaled abstract works in steel and aluminum, Calder’s art suggests the elemental systems that animate life itself.
Alexander Calder - National Gallery of Art
In the early 1930s, inspired by the color and composition of Piet Mondrian's work, Calder created his breakthrough mobiles. At first these abstract sculptures were motorized; later Calder modified his design to allow free-floating movement, powered only by air currents.
The Artist - Calder: In Motion, The Shirley Family Collection
Calder created prolifically during this period, including set pieces for ballet and theatre performances for artists such as Martha Graham and Erik Satie, and later, Burgess Meredith and Joseph Lazzini, among others.
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Who is Alexander Calder? - Tate
Alexander Calder is known for inventing wire sculptures and the mobile, a type of kinetic art which relied on careful weighting to achieve balance and suspension in the air. Initially Calder used motors to make his works move, but soon abandoned this method and began using air …
Alexander Calder - Smithsonian American Art Museum
Alexander Calder. Sculptor, world renowned for his stabiles and mobiles begun in the 1930s. Calder's vision was broad and groundbreaking, and his output was prodigious ranging from small figurines to large, architecturally related sculptures, from whimsical toys to stage sets.
Alexander Calder | Mobile | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Alexander Calder was born to a family of sculptors. His grandfather, Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), studied with Thomas Eakins and is famous for the elaborate sculptural decorations of Philadelphia's City Hall.