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.

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