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Alexander Calder - Wikipedia Alexander "Sandy" Calder ( ˈ k ɔː l d ər ; 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]
Calder Foundation The Calder Foundation is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting the art and archives of Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder | Biography, Sculpture, Mobiles, Stabiles - Britannica Alexander Calder (born July 22 or August 22, 1898, Lawnton, Pennsylvania, U S —died November 11, 1976, New York, New York) was an American artist best known for his innovation of the mobile suspended sheet metal and wire assemblies that are activated in space by air currents
Alexander Calder - MoMA “One of Calder’s objects is like the sea,” wrote the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, “always beginning over again, always new ” Alexander Calder conceived of sculpture as an experiment in space and motion
Alexander Calder Sculptures, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory American artist Alexander Calder redefined sculpture by introducing the element of movement, first through performances of his Cirque Calder and later with motorized works and, finally, with hanging works called "mobiles "
Alexander Calder - SFMOMA Alexander Calder is best known for his hanging mobiles Born into a family of artists, Calder committed to a career in art in his mid-20s and traveled frequently in the subsequent years between New York and Paris, where he befriended members of the international avant-garde
Introduction - Calder Foundation Alexander Calder was born in 1898, the second child of artist parents—his father was a sculptor and his mother a painter (figs 1–2) Because his father, Alexander Stirling Calder, received public commissions, the family traversed the country throughout Calder’s childhood