Art of the 20th Century
Alexander Calder
Alexander Calder
(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.
La Bete
Le profil qui disparait
Fish and Anchor
1969
Satellites
1964
Sun and Cones
1973
Untitled
1968
Untitled
1971
Tamanoir
1963
Gratte Ciel
1962
Untitled
1967
Many Black Moons
1965
Abstract Circles
Untitled
1968
The Black Elephant
1973
Forms
Enviroment and Evolution
Untitled
1972
Sun, Snake and Fish
1970
Bird's Nest
1971
Two half Disks
1971
Red Sun, Black Moon
1975
Stabiles
1970
Over the Red Wall
1964
Untitled
1946
Phrygien et Barre de Fer
1969
Butterflies and Spiral
1975
Composition with Black Spirals and Circle with Red
1970
Composition with Helices and Circles
1970
Untitled
1962
On the Moon
1970
Clown
1976
Pyramids and Circles
1970
Untitled
1955
Composition
1970
Sun and Moon
1976
La Mousson
1965
Horse Tricks
1944
Untitled
Spider's Nest
1975
Spirale et Triangle Rouge
1970
Le Portrait de Constantin
1974
Rehearsal
1974
Santa Claus
1974
L'éléphant bleu
1976
Acrobats
Eagle
1975
Dice
1974
Striped Face
1970
Rainbow Hair
1965
