BIOGRAPPHY
Alexander Calder (b
Philadelphia, PA, 22 July 1898; d New York, 11 Nov 1976). Sculptor,
painter, illustrator, printmaker and designer, son of Alexander Stirling
Calder. He graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, with
a degree in mechanical engineering in 1919. In 1923 he enrolled at the Art
Students League in New York, where he was inspired by his teacher, John
Sloan, to produce oil paintings. He became a freelance artist for the National
Police Gazette in 1924, sketching sporting events and circus
performances. His first illustrated book, Animal Sketching (New York,
1926), was based on studies made at the Bronx and Central Park Zoos in New
York. The illustrations are brush and ink studies of animals in motion, with
an accompanying text by the artist. Alexander Calder is best known for his
kinetic sculptures or mobiles.
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