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Alexander Calder

(American, 1898–1976)

Alexander Calder

Spirals and Forms, ca. 1965

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Alexander Calder

Seahorse, 1975

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Alexander Calder

Sun and Sea

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Alexander Calder

Caracol, ca. 1975

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Alexander Calder

Galactic System, 1974

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Alexander Calder

La Vague Vintage Exhibition Poster, 1971

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Alexander Calder

Landscape, 1975

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Alexander Calder

Sun and Sea

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Alexander Calder

Spirals and Forms, 1965

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Alexander Calder

Seahorse, 1975

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Alexander Calder

Pennants, 1965

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Alexander Calder

Caracol

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Timeline

1898: Born in Philadelphia, PA
1909: Parents provide him with a workshop at age eleven
1919: Graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ
Worked as engineer at logging camp in Washington state
1923: Moved to New York, NY and attended Art Students League
Worked as illustrator for newspapers and advertisers
1925: Employed at Central Park Zoo and Bronx Zoo, New York, NY
1926: Attended Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France
1931: Settled in Paris, France
1933: Moved back to the U.S. and buys house in Roxbury, CT
1939: Commissioned to make mobile installed in main stairwell of Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1949: Constructed largest mobile to date, hung over main stairwell of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1952: Awarded grand prize for sculpture, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1957 - 1958: Received several commissions for large-scale public sculpture, including a mobile for JFK Airport commissioned by Port Authority of New York and a stabile for UNESCO Paris headquarters
1967 - 1968: Sculpture commissions for Expo ’67 in Montreal and 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City
1976: Died in New York, NY

Exhibitions

2013: Artistic Relationships: Partners, Mentors, Lovers - Bechtler Museum of Modern Art, Charlotte, NC
Dynamo Un Siecle De Lumiere Et De Mouvement Dans L’art 1913-2013 - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris
Puppet Show - Eastside Projects, Birmingham (England)
In the Library - The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
fun house - Richard Gray Gallery - New York, New York City, NY
2012: The Complete Bronzes - L&M Arts, New York, New York City, NY
Calder Noir - Kukje Gallery, Seoul
Alexander Calder - Crane Kalman Gallery, London (England)
Alexander Calder - Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague
Building the Collection: Art Acquired in the 1990s - Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR
2011: Alexander Calder: The Painter - Helly Nahmad Gallery, London (England)
Alexander Calder: 1941 - The Pace Gallery - 32 East 57th Street, New York City, NY
Alexander Calder: Gouaches - Pace Prints, New York City, NY
Calder - Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV
Calder's Portraits: A New Language - The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC
2010: Alexander Calder - Galería Elvira González, Madrid
Calder Jewelry - GRAM - Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
Retrospective - Zadok Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Alexander Calder - Van de Weghe Fine Art, New York City, NY
2009: Alexander Calder: Printmaker - Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Alexander Calder - Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome
Alexander Calder - Monumental Sculpture - Gagosian Gallery, Rome
Alexander Calder - Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA
Alexander Calder: 1969 The Fortieth Anniversary of La Grande vitesse - Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, MI
2008: Alexander Calder: Gouaches, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
Alexander Calder Jewlery, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (solo)
2007: Focus: Alexander Calder, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY (solo)
2006: The Surreal Calder, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , San Francisco, CA; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
Calder in Brazil, Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
I Think Best in Wire: Alexander Calder, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
Calder Gouaches: 1942-1976, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (solo)
Calder: From Model to Monument, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (solo)
2005: Alexander Calder: Two Monumental Sculptures, Gagosian Gallery, New York., NY (solo)
Alexander Calder, Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (solo)
2004: Alexander Calder, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (solo)
Calder: Gravedad y la Gracia, Museo Nacional - Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (solo)
2003: Calder: Gravedad y la Gracia, Fundacion del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain (solo)
Alexander Calder, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA (solo)
2002: Calder '76: The Cutouts, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (solo)
Alexander Calder: Motion and Color, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan (solo)
Calder: Four Maquettes, Two Stabiles and a Little Bird Too, Ameringer Fine Arts, New York, NY (solo)
2001: Alexander Calder: Motion and Color, Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan (solo)
Alexander Calder in Focus, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
2000: Earthly Forms: The Biomorphic Sculpture of Arp, Calder and Noguchi, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY
1999: An Adventurous Spirit: Calder at The Phillips Collection, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C (solo)
Alexander Calder, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
1998: Alexander Calder: 1898-1976, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and SF MoMA (solo)
Flying Colors: The Innovation and Artistry of Alexander Calder, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose , CA (solo)
1996: Alexander Calder: 1898-1976, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
Celebrating Calder, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
1994: Calder, Bibliotheque Municipale and Abbaye Saint-Germain, Auxerre, France (solo)
Calder Gallery Installation, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (solo)
1993: Alexander Calder from the Collection of the Ruth and Leonard J. Horwich Family, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
1992: Celebrating Calder, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
Alexander Calder, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (solo)
1989: The Intimate World of Alexander Calder, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
1987: Alexander Calder: Sculptures of the Nineteen Thirties, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
1984: Calder, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
Des Stabiles et des Mobiles de Calder, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
1982: Tapices de Alexander Calder, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
1981: Alexander Calder: A Concentration of Works from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
1978: Images de Calder, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
Calder's Universe, San Jose Museum of Art, CA; Portland Art Museum, OR; Phoenix Art Museum, AZ (solo)
1977: Alexander Calder Memorial, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (solo)
Calder's Universe, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; High Art Musuem, Atlanta, GA (solo)
1976: Calder, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
1963: Calder gouache show, Perls Gallery, New York (solo)
Retrospective, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)
1962: Retrospective, Tate Gallery, London, UK
1950: Galerie Maeght, Paris, France (solo)
Retrospective, Masachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (solo)
1943: Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA (solo)
1932: Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1929: Galerie Billiet, Paris, France (solo)
1928: Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1926: Artist's Gallery, New York, NY

Public Collections

: Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
: Dallas Museum of Art, TX
: Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
: Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain
: Tate Gallery, London, UK
: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York , NY
: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
: Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C
: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
: Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
: Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
: Centre Pompidou, Paris, France

Literature

2005: Rosenthal, Mark, and Alexander S. C. Rower. The Surreal Calder. Houston, TX: The Menil Collection, 2005
1998: Guerrero, Pedro E. Calder at Home. The Joyous Environment of Alexander Calder. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998
Prather, Marla. Alexander Calder 1898 - 1976. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1998
1966: Calder, Alexander. An Autobiography With Pictures. New York: Pantheon Books, 1966

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Alexander Calder

(American, 1898–1976)

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

Alexander Calder

(American, 1898–1976)

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Alexander Calder

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Public Collections

Literature

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