Alexander Calder was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania on July 22, 1898. Calder was born into a family of artists so it was no big surprise to himself or his family when he became one too. Originally Calder studied Mechanical Engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. After doing various odds and ends jobs, Calder moved to New York City and enrolled at the Art Students League*.
Calder is known for creating two types of sculpture in his career. The first, and most well known, is the mobile. A mobile is a sculpture that is able to move on it's own. Traditionaly mobiles are suspended in the air. The second is the stabile, which is a self-supporting, static, abstract sculpture. Calder relied on "interconnected lines and positive shapes" in order to create his sculptures. His sculptures always gave reference to organic forms.
As a young artist Calder was very intrigued by the Circus. One of his first jobs while a student in New York was working for the National Police Gazette. One of his assignments was to sketch the circus acts for the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus. This influence inspired Calder to create Calder's Circus or Cirque Calder. Calder create this miniature curcus using wire, string, rubber, cloth, and other found objects.
Calder would travel from town to town while in Europe showing off his miniature circus. In his lifetime Calder completed nearly 3,000 sculptures.
*On the final you will be asked to name 4 artist who attended the Art Students League
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Originally Calder studied Mechanical Engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. After doing various odds and ends jobs, Calder moved to New York City and enrolled at the Art Students League. He is known for creating two types of sculpture in his career. The first, and most well known, is the mobile. A mobile is a sculpture that is able to move on it's own. Traditionaly mobiles are suspended in the air.
Originally Calder studied Mechanical Engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. After doing various odds and ends jobs, Calder moved to New York City and enrolled at the Art Students League. He is known for creating two types of sculpture in his career. The first, and most well known, is the mobile. A mobile is a sculpture that is able to move on it's own. Traditionaly mobiles are suspended in the air.
Alexander Calder studied painting at the Art Student's League. Calder is famous for mobile and stable sculptures. Calder's mobile sculptures were unique because they moved. Calder made over 3,000 sculptures before he died. Most of his sculptures gave reference to organic forms.
MR. ivers
Calder is known for creating two types of sculpture in his career. The first, and most well known, is the mobile. The second is the stabile, which is a self-supporting, static, abstract sculpture. Calder relied on "interconnected lines and positive shapes" in order to create his sculptures. His sculptures always gave reference to organic forms.
kkaiser
Alexander Calder was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania on July 22, 1898. Calder was born into a family of artists so it was no big surprise to himself or his family when he became one too. Originally Calder studied Mechanical Engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. After doing various odds and ends jobs, Calder moved to New York City and enrolled at the Art Students League*.
Calder is known for creating two types of sculpture in his career. The first, and most well known, is the mobile.
n.maled
Alexander was born in Pennsylvania in 1898. His family members were all artists. It was no surprise that he eventually became an artist. He bagan studying medical engineering in New Jersey. He later moved to New York City and enroleld in the Art Students League. His known for 2 ypes of sculptures: the mobile and the stabile.
---E.Hicks
Originally Calder studied Mechanical Engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. After doing various odds and ends jobs, Calder moved to New York City and enrolled at the Art Students League. He is known for creating two types of sculpture in his career. The first, and most well known, is the mobile. A mobile is a sculpture that is able to move on it's own. Traditionaly mobiles are suspended in the air
A Hubble
Calder was born into a family of artists so it was no big surprise to himself or his family when he became one too. Calder is known for creating two types of sculpture in his career. The first, and most well known, is the mobile. A mobile is a sculpture that is able to move on it's own.Calder create this miniature curcus using wire, string, rubber, cloth, and other found objects.
- Lauren Johnson
Alexander Calder was born into a family of artists. He moved to New York and enrolled in the Art Students League. Calder created the mobile. His second is the stabile. One of Calders mobiles is Calders Circus.
-k. brouillard.
Alexander Calder studied painting at the art students leauge in in New York. He is famous for inventing mobile and stabile work. His expierence at a circus inspired him to builkd Calders circus. He sculputered 3,000 sculptures before he died.
--ALEx Carr
Calder was famous for inventing the mobile and stabile sculptures. Mobile sculptures hung from wire and turned from the wind. In Calder's Circus, he showed what a circus was like to people who couldn't afford to see one. These sculptures were unique because they were the first to move. Before he died, Calder made over 3000 sculptures.
-Alyssa
Originally Calder studied Mechanical Engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. After doing various odds and ends jobs, Calder moved to New York City and enrolled at the Art Students League*.
Calder is known for creating two types of sculpture in his career. The first, and most well known, is the mobile. A mobile is a sculpture that is able to move on it's own. Traditionaly mobiles are suspended in the air. The second is the stabile, which is a self-supporting, static, abstract sculpture.
-Ellie Challman-
Alexander Calder was born in Pennsylvania in 1898. He studied at the Art Students League in New York City. Calder is known for working with the mobile. He used interconnected lines and positive shapes in his work. One of his most famous works was Calder's Circus.
-lzetzl
Calder is known for creating two types of sculpture in his career. The first, and most well known, is the mobile. The second is the stabile, which is a self-supporting, static, abstract sculpture. Calder relied on "interconnected lines and positive shapes" in order to create his sculptures. His sculptures always gave reference to organic forms.
-Danny K
Alexander was born in Pennsylvania in 1898. His family members were all artists. It was no surprise that he eventually became an artist. He bagan studying medical engineering in New Jersey. He later moved to New York City and enroleld in the Art Students League. His known for 2 ypes of sculptures: the mobile and the stabile.
alana s.
Alexander Calder studied painting at the Art Student's League. Calder is famous for inventing mobile and stabile sculptures. His experiences at the circus inspired him to build Calder's Circus. Calder's sculptures were unique because they moved. Calder's sculptures gave reference to organic forms. I liked Calder because he created sculptures that moved, which I thought was very unique.
Brandon Boyce
Calder is known for creating two types of sculpture in his career. The first, and most well known, is the mobile. The second is the stabile, which is a self-supporting, static, abstract sculpture. Calder relied on "interconnected lines and positive shapes" in order to create his sculptures. His sculptures always gave reference to organic forms. I thought he did good work. Ashley Michael
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