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- The Beginning of Tapestry with Aubusson
- Exhibition of Calder’s Tapestries
- Fiber Tapestries
- Calder Rug by Cuttoli
In 1960, Pierre Baudouin, master cartonnier at the Raymond Picaud workshop in France, asked the painter Léon Gischia if he knew any artists who would like to make tapestries. Gischia didn’t hesitate: Alexander Calder. Best known for his mobiles and public sculptures, Calder had a studio in Saché, not far from Baudouin’s Aubusson base, and soon bega...
Calder’s tapestries are closely related to his gouaches, but they are much larger and often more complex in conception. As in all his works, the compositions are deceptively casual and have the same playful element that animates even the most powerful of his abstractions. Their appearance turned the heads of connoisseurs, and the tapestries soon fe...
In 1972, two days before Christmas, a subsurface earthquake in neighbouring Nicaragua killed 5,000 people and left 250,000 destitute. The devastation drew the grandiose sympathies of Richard Nixon and Pope Paul VI, both of whom made lengthy public orations, but it was Manhattan socialite Kitty Meyer who set her sights on a huge visual arts project ...
Alexander Calder – Rug / Tapestry The third technique of Calder tapestries are the rugs/tapestries from the Cuttoli workshop. These are very graphic and people (including Calder himself) hang them on walls, so inevitably they are called tapestries. In the book, Calder’s Universe, which was published in conjunction with the Calder retrospective at t...
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Jun 8, 2017 · The ubiquity of Calder’s innovation has led to the mobile overshadowing much of the artist’s oeuvre. However, Calder’s career was in fact diverse, encompassing drawings, paintings, and prints in addition to his well-loved sculptures.
Browse artwork and art for sale and discover artists, historical information and key facts about Surrealism. Artist Image: © The Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris 2018. Sotheby’s presents works of art by Alexander Calder.
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Heading Home - Charlie Hills' string heading home from Faringdon Road Gallops, Lambourn, Berkshire. Cherry Blossom in the Kitchen, Alice Palmer Interior Roomscape. Selected works from Jessica Hills.
