Alexander calder woman with square umbrella for sale at. Find more works of this artist at best visual art database. July 22, 1898 november 11, 1976 was an american sculptor who is best known for his innovative mobiles kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents that embrace chance in their aesthetic and his monumental public sculptures. Feb 2, 2018 art lessons for kids inspired by alexander calder. July 22, 1898 november 11, 1976 was an american sculptor known as the originator of the mobile, a type of moving sculpture.
American artist alexander calder changed the course. The publication presents a treasury of favorite works by calder. Elephant chair with lamp, 1928, by alexander calder. Fur andere menschen alexander calder genannt, siehe alexander calder begriffsklarung. Nanette lederer calder and calder on the beach in ocean park, california, 1909. Read a short essay about alexander calder at the post website. He picked up his study of printmaking in 1925, and continued to produce illustrations for books. Calder was born in 1898 in pennsylvania in a family of artists. View a wide variety of artworks by alexander calder, now available for sale on artnet auctions.
Jean louis corby escultura, bronce vorm is leeg, leegte is vorm. A magnificent and informative book, giving good coverage to calders whimsical wire sculptures, kinetic circuses, and colorful wall hangings, all of which informed. Throughout his career, he also worked as a set designer for the theater, as well as an illustrator and printmaker, producing vibrant, whimsical drawings for books and journals, such as this stunning lithograph of an elephant. Woman with a square umbrella is an early example of calder s wood carvings and particularly rare since calder. A salute to alexander calder sculpture, watercolors and. Alexander calder large lithograph spirals and pyramids.
Because his father, alexander stirling calder, received public commissions, the family traversed the country throughout calder s childhood. Alexander calder prices 2,866 auction price results. Born into a family of successful artists, his father was a wellknown sculptor and his mother a professional portrait artist, calder. Galvanized steel, steel wire, lead, cloth, and painted paper. Alexander calder elephant wire and wood, 1928 centre. Too bad the calder estate doesnt have quite the oneoff elephant merchandising hustle of, say, the eameses. See more ideas about alexander calder, art and kinetic art. Lelephant noir black elephant by alexander calder on. Calder s mother, nanette lederer calder, was a professional portrait painter who studied art in paris before moving to philadelphia where she met her husband alexander stirling calder. In 1902, at the age of four, alexander completed his first sculpture a clay elephant. To create a drawing in the searching manner of calder. Bid now on l elephant noir black elephant by alexander calder.
Calder great modern masters by lemaire, gerardgeorges, calder, alexander, hawkes, sophie and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Mobiles and sculptures of cats by alexander calder are whimsical and playful. Alexander calder, american artist best known for his innovation of the mobile suspended sheet. His father and grandfather were sculptors, and his mother was a painter. Alexander calder redefined sculpture by introducing into it the element of movement. Alexander calder s wire elephant 1928 photo from alexa.
Born into a family of artists, calder s work first gained attention in paris in the 1920s and was soon championed by. Alexander calder and his magical mobiles tells the story of calder s life and career, and relates, often in the artists own words, his working methods and his own feelings about his art. Sandy calder, and it included elephants, dancing bears, three seals, fat men. Browse upcoming and past auction lots by alexander calder. Alexander calder was born in 1898, the second child of artist parentshis father was a sculptor and his mother a painter. The conquest of time, jed perl reveals a hidden side of the artist. Referencing comic books and newspaper images, stealing images from magazines and duplicating them for artwork. As counterparts to the mobiles, alexander calder also makes immobile, tectonically heavy, partly monumental constructions of sheet metal, for which jean arp invents the term stabile. A sculpture in wood depicting a woman holding an umbrella. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Gif ted with mechanics and volumes, he follows a mechanical. Alexander calder goldfish bowl, 1929 wire x x calder foundation, new york alexander calder goldfish bowl, 1929 courtesy of the artist and tate modern alexander calder s goldfish bowl, 1929 my dear friend jane introduced me to alexander calder more than 20 years ago.
A biographical picture book about the artist alexander calder, the story mainly focuses on his creation of a miniature wire circus that was popular in the 1920s. A part of the east building renovation and expansion, the gallerys tower 2 galleries boast the worlds largest display of works by alexander calder with more than 40 sculptures and paintings, spanning the late 1920s through 1976, including 19 longterm loans from the calder. Find more prominent pieces of sculpture at best visual art database. Alexander calder elephant chair with lamp 1928 not on view. Elephant chair wlamp, alexander calder could be a model for an elephant. See more ideas about alexander calder, art lessons and art projects.
Woman with square umbrella by post war artist alexander calder is signed underneath, calder. Art projects, books and resources to celebrate calder. Alexander calder, sculptures sur fil, sculpture art, wire sculptures, elephant art. Medium galvanized steel, steel wire, lead, cloth, and painted paper. I f alexander calder were alive to visit the kids department of pottery barn or west elm today, he would probably feel deeply torn, which.
As a child, he had a workshop and used tools to construct toys and gadgets with bits of wire, cloth, and string. Calder then took a job on a british freighter, which enabled him to earn his way to paris, where he first exhibited his wire sculptures of a miniature circus see elephant, 1928. Alexander calder 1898 1976, american cats in art at the great. How alexander calder became americas most beloved sculptor in an exclusive excerpt from his new book, calder. Jean louis corby sculptuur, brons surreal sculptures of human figures by jeanlouis corby surreale. He created sculptures and design objects that participated in the larger tendencies of european and american. Elephant was created in 1928 by alexander calder in expressionism style. That same year he also completed his earliest sculpture, a clay elephant.
Seusss horse museum marks a celebration of art and how we all see the world in different ways. Designed to sell the new york times books slide show slide 6 of 8. His works in this mode, from miniature to monumental, are called mobiles. Research 2,866 alexander calder prices and auction results in art. He worked from loose gestural drawings like this preparatory sketch for his man stabile, from 1966.
Alexander called sandy calder was born in 1898 into a very artistic family, his father and grandfather were sculptors, and his mother was a painter. Alexander calder was an american sculptor who is best known for his innovative mobiles that. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. A salute to alexander calder sculpture, watercolors and drawings, prints, illustrated books, and jewelry in the. Full text of alexander calder, a concentration of works. The publication presents a treasury of favorite works by calder, as well as fascinating photographs of the artist in his studio. Alexander calder 1898 1976, american cats in art at. Young readers will join an affable horse as he takes a group of. Alexander calder, internationally famous by his mid30s, is renowned for developing a new idiom in modern artthe mobile. Alexander calder 1898 1976, american is considered to be one of the worlds most important 20 th century sculptors. Visually fascinating and emotionally engaging, those sculpturesalong with his monumental outdoor bolted sheet metal stabiles, which. The museums elephant, although unsigned and undated, is clearly kin to calder s 1928 elephant chair with lamp the mu seum of modern art, new york. Alexander calder, american artist best known for his innovation of the mobile suspended sheet metal and wire assemblies that are activated in space by air currents.
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