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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Alexander_CalderAlexander 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]

  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Alexander-CalderAlexander Calder | American Sculptor & Painter | Britannica

    Alexander Calder (born July 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.

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  3. www.tate.org.uk › art › artistsWho 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 currents alone.

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  5. www.cnn.com › style › articleA Family affair: Sculptor Alexander Calder’s moving legacy

    Feb 19, 2016 · American sculptor Alexander Calder may be known for his mobile sculptures, but according to his grandson, there’s much more to his famous relative’s work.

  6. calder.site.seattleartmuseum.org › the-exhibitionCalder: In Motion, The Shirley Family Collection

    American artist Alexander Calder (1898–1976) is celebrated for revolutionizing sculpture with his renowned mobiles and stabiles, which range from the miniature to the monumental. This exhibition traces Calder’s career, highlighting his most important themes, styles, and materials from the 1920s through the 1970s.

  7. www.christies.com › en › stories10 things to know about Alexander Calder - Christie's

    Oct 18, 2023 · He invented the mobile. The idea of a mobile is now so ingrained in the collective imagination that it is difficult to believe there was a time when it did not exist. But before Calder, it didn’t. In 1930, his sculpture evolved from the more figurative into the purely abstract.

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  9. www.tate.org.uk › art › artistsAlexander Calder 1898–1976 - Tate

    Alexander Calder (; 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.

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