(b Philadelphia, PA, 22 July 1898; d New York, 11 Nov
1976).
Sculptor, painter, illustrator, printmaker and designer, son of Alexander Stirling Calder. He graduated from Stevens Institute of
Technology, Hoboken, NJ, with a degree in mechanical engineering in 1919.
In 1923 he enrolled at the Art Students League in New York, where he was
inspired by his teacher, John Sloan, to produce 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. The illustrations are brush and
ink studies of animals in motion, with an accompanying text by the artist.
Mobile
Vertical Constellation with Bomb
1943
Red Mobile
1956
Mercury
Fountain
1937
Crinkly avec disc Rouge
1973
L'empennage
1953
Mobile
Constellation
Mobile
Untitled
Fish
1929
Pair of Gold Earrings
1948-1950
Black palette, red
spike
1947
L' Elephant Noir
1973
Red Snail (Mobile)
1959
Untitled
1974
The White Arrow
1964
Otto'sMobile
The White Face
1969
Two Red Tulips
1975
Untitled
1966
White Dots on Red and
Blue
1951
Untitled
1960
The Lion (Maquette)
1976
Red Horse
Flamingo
Oeuvre-de-Calder, La Défense, Paris, France
The Crab
1962
La Grande Vitesse
1969
Flamingo
1974
Four Arches
1975
Grand Stabile Rouge
1974
Four Wings
Man
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