- Alexander Calder - Wikipedia
Alexander " Sandy " 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 | 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
- Calder Foundation
The Calder Foundation is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting the art and archives of Alexander Calder
- Alexander Calder - National Gallery of Art
Alexander Calder is perhaps best known for his large, colorful sculpture, which incorporates elements of humor and chance into uniquely engineered structures Calder was born outside of Philadelphia to a successful, artistic family
- Alexander Calder - MoMA
With a series of human likenesses made from wire bent into formation, Calder used line to float shape, levitate it, and remove sculpture from the pedestal, evoking volume without the accompanying mass
- 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 - Smithsonian American Art Museum
Calder is best known for his invention of mobiles, delicate constructions of wire, metal, and wood that move with the slightest breeze However, during the last twenty years of his life, Calder focused on monumental, static stabiles for public commissions
- About Calder Gardens | Mission, Values, and Inspiration
Alexander Calder, whose career spanned much of the 20th century, is one of the most acclaimed and influential sculptors of our time Born into a family of artists, Calder utilized his innovative genius to profoundly change the course of modern art
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