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Jan 8, 2018 · On Christmas morning in 1909, the parents of an 11-year-old Alexander Calder unwrapped their son’s handmade gifts: a small dog and duck, each lovingly sculpted from sheets of brass.
Feb 19, 2016 · While he's best known for his wire sculptures and mobiles -- hanging kinetic sculptures made of wire and painted metal -- he also created paintings, abstract bronze sculptures and jewelry among...
- Alexander Calder was born in Philadelphia in 1898 to a family of artists. His mother was a painter, and his father, Alexander Stirling, and grandfather, Alexander Milne, were both well-established sculptors.
- Technically, Calder’s first kinetic sculpture was of a duck, which he presented to his mother as a Christmas gift in 1909. It was made from a formed, brass sheet and rocked back and forth when touched.
- Although Calder is known internationally as an artist, he initially studied mechanical engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ.
- While working as an illustrator for the National Police Gazzette, Calder began taking evening drawing classes at the 42 Street New York Public School; a year later, he began studying painting at the Arts Students League with John Sloan and George Luks.
The first biography of America's greatest twentieth-century sculptor, Alexander Calder: an authoritative and revelatory achievement, based on a wealth of letters and papers never before...
- Jed Perl
Oct 24, 2017 · Calder: the Conquest of Time traces how the artist (1898–1976) made mobiles, stabiles, and a mechanical circus cutting-edge Modern art. Even as a toddler, Calder marched to his own tune, Perl notes.
Feb 5, 2024 · American artist Alexander Calder was an innovative artist whose imaginative and kinetic sculptures greatly influenced 20th-century art. Throughout his lengthy career, Calder formed wire and metal into dynamic sculptures that pushed the boundaries of conventional art.
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sculpting a life. The first authorized biography of Alexander Calder was published this past fall. Biographer Jed Perl and Alexander “Sandy” S. C. Rower, president of the Calder Foundation, discuss the genesis of the book, the nature of genius, and preview what’s to come in the second volume with the Quarterly ’s Wyatt Allgeier.
