Alexander Calder
Philadelphia, PA, 22 July 1898 - New York, 11 Nov 1976
American sculptor, painter, illustrator, printmaker and designer, son of sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder, and best known as a pioneer of KINETIC ART.
Trained at the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1919. In 1923, Calder began studying at the Art Students League in New York, where he was inspired by his teacher, John Sloan and began creating oil paintings.
He became a freelance artist for the National Police Gazette in 1924, sketching sporting events and circus performances. His first illustrated book, Animal Sketching (New York, 1926), was based on studies made at the Bronx and Central Park Zoos in New York.
In the early 1930s, Calder joined the ABSTRACTION CREATION group and soon produced his first abstract moving sculpture. He is best known for his large-scale public installations, both mobiles and stabiles, such as RED, BLACK, AND BLUE at the Dallas Airport.
| Selected Exhibitions: Museums and Galleries |
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| 2002 |
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Calder: Four Maquettes, Two Stabiles and a Little Bird Too, Ameringer Fine Arts, New York, September - October 2002 |
| 1976 |
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retrospective at Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
| 1963 - 1964 |
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Calder gouache show at Perls Gallery, New York; retrospective at Guggenheim Museum, New York |
| 1962 |
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Retrospective at Tate Gallery, London |
| 1956 |
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Solo show with new dealer, Klaus Perls |
| 1950 |
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solo shows include: Galerie Maeght, Paris, and retrospective at Masachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge |
| 1943 |
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Retrospective at Museum of Modern Art; solo show at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts |
| 1932 |
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solo exhibition at Julien Levy Gallery, New York |
| 1929 |
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Galerie Billiet gives Calder's first solo show in Paris |
| 1928 |
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First show of wire animals and caricature portraits held at Weyhe Gallery, New York |
| 1926 |
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First painting exhibition at the Artist's Gallery, New York |
| Literature: Books and Catalogs |
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Calder: Four Maquettes, Two Stabiles and a Little Bird Too (exh. cat.), Ameringer Fine Arts, New York, 2002, p. 8, il. |
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Museums and Collections:
Calder Foundation New Yok, U.S.
Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, U.S.
National Gallery of Art Washington D.C, U.S.
Guggenheim Museum New York, U.S.
Peggy Guggenheim Collection Venice, Italy.
Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College Ohio, U.S.
Amon Carter Museum Texas, U.S.
Arts on the Point Sculpture Park Boston, U.S.
Ball State Museum of Art Indiana, U.S.
Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore, U.S.
Chrysler Museum Virginia, U.S.
Cleveland Museum of Art Ohio, U.S.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco San Francisco, U.S.
Grand Rapids Museum of Art Michigan, U.S.
High Museum of Art Georgia, U.S.
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Washington D.C., U.S.
Joslyn Art Museum Nebraska, U.S.
Kamloops Art Gallery British Columbia.
Kunstmuseum Basel Basel.
Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College, Louisiana, U.S.
Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester New York, U.S.
Musée de Grenoble Grenoble, France.
Museu de Arte de São Paulo Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Museum of Fine Arts Houston, U.S.
Museum of the Rhode Island School of Design Rhode Island, U.S.
National Gallery of Australia Canberra, Australia
National Gallery of Canada Ottawa, Canada.
Norton Simon Museum California, U.S.
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS Madrid, Spain.
San Diego Museum of Art San Diego, U.S.
Smithsonian American Art Museum Washington D.C, U.S.
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Alemania.
Städel Museum Frankfurt, Germany.
Tate Gallery London, U.K.
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Iran.
U.S. Senate Art Collection Washington D.C, U.S.
Walker Art Center Minnesota, U.S.
Whitney Museum of American Art New York, U.S.
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