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Alexander Calder AMERICAN SCULPTOR
WORLD FAMOUS FOR MOBILES & STABLES
By
Gianna Galiano
Alexander Calder Timeline
1898 - Born on July 22nd in Lawton Pennsylvannia
1909 - Calder presented his parents with his first sculpture of a tiny dog and duck made of brass sheets
1919 - Graduated Stevens Institute of Technology with a engineering degree
1927 - Achieves worldwide fame for “ Cirque Calder”
1932 -Calder shows his first mobiles in Paris
1939 - Creates a Water Ballet with fourteen fountains for the New York’s World Fair
1976 -Calder dies on November 11th at the age of 78
CHAT MOBILE – CAT MOBILECULTURE: ART
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: County Museum of Art
Cirque CalderWhitney Museam of Art 1926-1931
"La Grande Vitesse" Installed in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan- 40 years ago
PINMetal: brass/gildedlength
Art Museum Alexander Calder, born Lawnton, PA 1898-died New York City 1976 : 10 in. (25.4 cm)Smithsonian American m, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Calder1968.7.1Smithsonian American Art Museum, 4th Floor, Luce Foundation Center
Bracelet.Alexander CalderBorn: Lawnton, Pennsylvania 1898Died: New York, New York 1976brass4 3/8 x 6 x 5 3/4 in. (11.2 x 15.3 x 14.7 cm.)Smithsonian American Art MuseumGift of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Calder1968.7.3Smithsonian American Art Museum
4th Floor, Luce Foundation Center
MY ONIONS Master of Fine Works Oak Hill CA
Alexander Calder is Important Because:
He was an engineer He revolutionised modern art with
movement and colour of his sculptures called “Mobiles”.
He was famous stationary construction called “Stabiles”.
Created “Cirque Calder”
FAVORITE FACTS In 1909 Calder made his 1st sculpture, a tiny dog and duck cut from brass sheets.
Calder created Cirque Calder from wire , leather and cloth inspired from Ringling Brothers
Circus.
In 1932 Calder show his 1st mobiles in Paris
In 1973 Calder decorates a Braniff International airplane
Why I like Alexander Calder
• Calder’s mobiles and stabiles are fascinating by combining bright color and metal materials
• Calder’s paintings are very unique
• He was painter, sculptor , he created things that moved and art that was both big and small.
• He was very passionate not only for art but for anything he did.
THANK YOU!