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 Alexander Calder  (1898 - 1976)

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Lived/Active: Connecticut/New York      Known for: kinetic sculpture, mod drawing
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QUICK FACTS AND KEYWORDS for Alexander Calder
Birth/Death Lived/Active Often Known For
- 1898 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- 1976 (New York City)
Connecticut/New York kinetic sculpture, mod drawing
Methods
* Drawing
* Easel Painting
* Illustration/Illustrator
* Kinetic Sculpture
* Palette Knife
* Printmaking/Graphics
* Sculpture
* Sketch Artist

  
Mediums
* Aluminum
* Bronze
* Collage
* Crayon
* Etching
* Fiberglass
* Gouache
* Graphite/Pencil
* Metal
* Mixed-Media/Multi-Media
* Oil Paint
* Pen and Ink Drawing
* Printmaking Specialty
* Silver/Silversmithing
* Steel
* Tempera
* Watercolor
* Wire
* Wood

  
Styles
* Abstract Expressionism
* Abstraction
* Cartoon
* Early 20th Century Modernist Painting

  
Subjects
* Allegory
* Animal/Zoological
* Aviation/Aeronautics/Space Exploration
* Birds/Ornithology
* Botanics
* Circus Figure/Genre
* Figure/Figurative
* Garden Landscape
* Genre-Human Activity
* Human Head
* Humor/Whimsy
* Landscape
* Marine
* Mountain Landscape
* Nude Figure
* Portrait
* Self-Portrait

  
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
* Litchfield, Connecticut
* Mexico/Central America

  
Associations
* Society of Independent Artists-

  
Some Exhibitions
* Art Institute of Chicago
* Art of This Century Gallery, NYC
* Museum of Modern Art, New York
* Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
* Society of Independent Artists-Exhibit
* Venice Biennale
* Whitney Museum of American Art

  
Teachers
* Boardman Robinson
* Guy Pene Du Bois
* John Sloan

  
Schools
* Art Students League of New York-Student

  
Chronology
* Early 20th Century Before 1950
* Late 20th Century After 1950

  
Some Collections
* First National Bank-Chicago Collection
* Richard Weisman Collection

  
AskART - sample artwork by artist
Flying Dragon
© 2001 Estate of Alexander Calder / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

  
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