Alexander Calder
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Alexander Calder was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. Calder preferred no
Alexander Calder, by Carl Van Vechten, 1947
Nanette and Alexander Calder, photographed in 1900
Red Mobile, 1956, Painted sheet metal and metal rods, a signature work by Calder – Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Hi! (Two Acrobats) by Alexander Calder, c. 1928, brass wire and wood, Honolulu Museum of Art
Alexander Milne Calder
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Alexander Milne Calder was a Scottish-American sculptor. He produced over 250 architectural sculptures over 30 years for the construction of Philadelphia City Hall including the 37-foot statue of Will
Alexander Calder
…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. Calder was born in 1898 in the Lawnton section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His birthdate remains a source of confusion. According…
Calder in 1894 with the head of William Penn statue that sits atop Philadelphia City Hall
Equestrian statue of George Meade, Fairmount Park (1887)
William Warner Tomb, Laurel Hill Cemetery
73rd Pennsylvania Infantry monument, Gettysburg Battlefield (1889)