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ID: 500007824
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Record Type: Person |
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Calder, Alexander (American sculptor, painter, and designer, 1898-1976)
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Note: Calder graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1919 with a degree in mechanical engineering. After taking classes at the Arts Students League, he became a freelance artist and illustrator, and published a book titled Animal Sketching. In the 1920s, Calder began traveling to Paris, becoming influenced by the work of Klee and Miró. In 1930, after visiting Piet Mondrian's studio, he began to create abstract constructions incorporating biomorphic forms, specifically with variations on the mobile, for which he is most known. Calder divided his time between trips abroad and his farm in Roxbury, Connecticut, and as his commissions grew more frequent, his mobiles became increasingly gigantic. Examples are Flamingo, the stabile at Federal Center Plaza in Chicago, and La Défense, at the Rond Point de La Défense Métro station in Paris. American artist. |
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artist (preferred) |
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sculptor |
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painter |
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illustrator |
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printmaker |
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designer |
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tapestry designer |
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Related People or Corporate Bodies: |
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| fellow student of .... |
Benton, Thomas Hart Art Students League |
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(American painter, illustrator, and lithographer, 1889-1975) [500005998] |
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Sloan, John Art Students League |
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(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871-1951) [500014645] |
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Brown, Earle |
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(American composer, 1926-2002) [500101100] |
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Du Bois, Guy Pène |
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(American painter, 1884-1958) [500120494] |
| student of .... |
Sloan, John |
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(American painter, etcher, and illustrator, 1871-1951) [500014645] |
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Biographies:
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(American sculptor, painter, and designer, 1898-1976) ..... [VP Preferred]
(artist, 1898-1976) ..... [GRL]
(American artist, 1898-1976) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(American artist) ..... [AVERY]
(American artist, 1898-1976) ..... [AVERY]
(American sculptor, 1898-1976) ..... [CL-Courtauld]
(American artist, 1898-1976) ..... [WCI]
(American artist, 1898-) ..... [WCP]
(American painter, 1898-1976) ..... [PROV]
(American sculptor, 1898-1976) ..... [GRLPSC]
(American sculptor, 1898-1976) ..... [BHA]
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| Calder, Alexander ........ | [AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRL Preferred, GRLPSC Preferred, PROV Preferred, VP Preferred, WCI Preferred, WCP Preferred, WL-Courtauld Preferred] |
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Avery Authority files (1963-)
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Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) n 79112975
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Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 84
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RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
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Witt Library, Authority files | | | | |
| Subject: ........ | [AVERY, BHA, CL-Courtauld, GRL, GRLPSC, PROV, VP, WCI, WCP, WL-Courtauld] |
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Bruce and Wells, Art and Context, the '50s and '60s (2006) 32
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Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
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Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 26 November 2003
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LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
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Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.)
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Oxford Concise Dictionary of Art and Artists (1996) 84
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RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
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Who Was Who in American Art (1985)
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Witt Library, Authority files
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Wood, Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design (2007) 353 | | | | | | | | | |
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