Alexander Calder
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Alexander Calder was an American artist best known for inventing the mobile, a type of sculpture made of balanced, moving parts suspended in air. His innovative approach to art transformed how people understood sculpture and movement, making him one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.
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- Movement
- Kinetic art , surrealism , abstraction
- Born
- July 22, 1898, Lawnton, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Died
- November 11, 1976 (1976-11-11) (aged 78), New York City, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Stevens Institute of Technology , Art Students League of New York
- Known for
- Sculpture
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Alexander "Sandy" 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. Calder preferred not to analyze his work, saying, "Theories may be all very well for the artist himself, but they shouldn't be broadcast to other people." His father, Alexander Stirling Calder, and grandfather, Alexander Milne Calder, were also sculptors.
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1898 births1976 deaths20th-century American peopleAlumni of the Académie de la Grande ChaumièreAmerican abstract artistsAmerican male sculptorsAmerican modern sculptorsAmerican people of German-Jewish descentArtists from Pasadena, CaliforniaArt Students League of New York alumniJewish American sculptorsLowell High School (San Francisco) alumni