Calder

Alexander Calder

Full Name of Artist (birthname)- Alexander Calder

Born- 1898 in Lawnton, Pennsylvania

Died- 1976

Art Medium/materials- His main materials were metal parts, wood, and wires. He studied painting at the Art Students League in New York City and then moved to Paris.

Subject/genre- -sculptures had ability to movegibigsi;tai'4isufjig -looked like abstract robots

Art movement/period of artist- -One of the best known artists of the 1900's -Calder's mobiles are delicately suspended abstract constructions

Title of artwork- Red Petals Year it was created- 1942 Medium- Painted metal and wires.



Some interesting facts about my artist are <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">His nickname was "Sandy". <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Both his grandfather and father were sculptors and his mother was a painter. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Two artists that influenced him were Joan Miro and Piet Mondrian. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">When he was 25 years old he became a full time artist. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">The early work of Alexander Calder in Paris included wooden toys, miniature circuses, and wire sculptures. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">To please his father he decided to take drawing lessons.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Works Cited: <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Venezia, Mike. //Alexander Calder.// Danbury, Connecticut: Children's Press, 1998. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">Gurney, George. "Calder, Alexander." World Book Student. World Book, 2011. Web. 22 Mar. 2011. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;">