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Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder . AMERICAN SCULPTOR WORLD FAMOUS FOR MOBILES & STABLES By Gianna Galiano. Alexander Calder Timeline . 1898 - Born on July 22 nd in Lawton Pennsylvannia - Calder presented his parents with his first sculpture of a tiny dog and duck

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Alexander Calder

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  1. Alexander Calder AMERICAN SCULPTOR WORLD FAMOUS FOR MOBILES & STABLES By GiannaGaliano

  2. Alexander Calder Timeline 1898 - Born on July 22nd in Lawton Pennsylvannia • - Calder presented his parents with his first sculpture of a tiny dog and duck made of brass sheets • - Graduated Stevens Institute of Technology with a engineering degree • - Achieves worldwide fame for “ Cirque Calder” 1932 -Calder shows his first mobiles in Paris • - 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

  3. CHAT MOBILE – Cat MobileCULTURE: ARTAlexander Calder and Contemporary Art: County Museum of Art

  4. Cirque CalderWhitney Museam of Art 1926-1931

  5. "La Grande Vitesse" Installed in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan- 40 years ago

  6. PINMetal: brass/gildedlengthArt 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

  7. 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 Museum4th Floor, Luce Foundation Center

  8. MY ONIONS Master of Fine Works Oak Hill CA

  9. 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”

  10. 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

  11. 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.

  12. THANK YOU!

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