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Alexander Calder Visual Art Foundations. Alexander Calder 1898-1976 Parents were artists Began sculpting with wire Invented the mobile Creates large sculptures.

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1 Alexander Calder Visual Art Foundations

2 Alexander Calder 1898-1976 Parents were artists Began sculpting with wire Invented the mobile Creates large sculptures called Stabiles Went to school for engineering Revolutionized the art of sculpture by making movement one of its main components http://www.calder.org

3 Alexander Calder The Flying Trapeze (1925) www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jwnu8Izy0 www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWS96nzFUks

4 Alexander Calder http://www.calder.org Circus Scene (1926)

5 Alexander Calder He began by developing a new method of sculpting: by bending and twisting wire, he essentially "drew" three-dimensional figures in space.

6 Alexander Calder Circus Scene (1926)

7 Alexander Calder Sword Plant (1947) Trepied (1972)

8 Alexander Calder Finny Fish (1948)

9 Alexander Calder Object with Red Discs (1931) He is renowned for the invention of the mobile, whose suspended, abstract elements move and balance in changing harmony.

10 Alexander Calder Ritou I (1946)

11 Alexander Calder Triple Gong (1951)

12 Alexander Calder Object with Red Discs (1931)

13 Alexander Calder Indian Feathers(1969)

14 Alexander Calder Big Red (1959)

15 Alexander Calder L’Homme (man) (1967) Calder also devoted himself to making outdoor sculpture on a grand scale from bolted sheet steel.

16 Alexander Calder Eagle (1971)

17 Alexander Calder Flamingo (1974)

18 Alexander Calder

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