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1. Alexander Calder - Wikipedia
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Calder
Description: WEBAlexander Calder (/ ˈ k ɔː l d ər /; 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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2. Alexander Calder | MoMA
Link: https://www.moma.org/artists/922
Description: WEBAlexander 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 …
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3. Alexander Calder | American Sculptor & Painter | Britannica
Link: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alexander-Calder
Description: WEBMar 9, 2024 · 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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4. Who is Alexander Calder? | Tate
Link: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/alexander-calder-848/who-is-alexander-calder
Description: WEBAlexander Calder, known to many as ‘Sandy’, was an American sculptor from Pennsylvania. He was the son of well-known sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder, and his grandfather and mother were also successful artists. Alexander Calder is known for inventing wire sculptures and the mobile, a type of kinetic art which relied on careful …
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5. Alexander Calder Sculptures, Bio, Ideas | TheArtStory
Link: https://www.theartstory.org/artist/calder-alexander/
Description: WEB1 of 6. Summary of Alexander Calder. American artist Alexander Calder redefined sculpture by introducing the element of movement, first through performances of his mechanical Calder's Circus and later with motorized works, and, finally, with hanging works called "mobiles."
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6. Calder Foundation
Link: https://calder.org/
Description: WEBCalder: In Motion, The Shirley Family Collection at the Seattle Art Museum. The Calder Foundation is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting the art and archives of Alexander Calder.
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7. Alexander Calder - 229 artworks - sculpture - WikiArt.org
Link: https://www.wikiart.org/en/alexander-calder
Description: WEBAlexander Calder (/ˈkɔːldər/; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) is widely considered to be one of the most important American sculptors of the 20th century. He is best known for his colorful, whimsical abstract public sculptures and his innovative mobiles, kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents, which embraced chance in ...
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8. Alexander Calder | Smithsonian American Art Museum
Link: https://americanart.si.edu/artist/alexander-calder-710
Description: WEBBiography. Sculptor, world renowned for his stabiles and mobiles begun in the 1930s. Calder's vision was broad and groundbreaking, and his output was prodigious—ranging from small figurines to large, architecturally related sculptures, from whimsical toys to …
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9. How Alexander Calder Became America’s Most Beloved Sculptor
Link: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/alexander-calder-became-americas-most-beloved-sculptor-180964773/
Description: WEBThe 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...
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10. Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start | MoMA
Link: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/5209
Description: WEBExhibition. Mar 14, 2021–Jan 15, 2022. Alexander Calder reimagined sculpture as an experiment in space and motion, upending centuries-old notions that sculpture should be static, grounded, and dense by making artworks that often move freely and interact with their surroundings.
