Jan 9, 2025 · The American artist Alexander Calder (1898–1976) redefined the boundaries of sculpture, transforming it from a static art form into a dynamic interplay of movement, volume, and vibrant color.He is most renowned for his groundbreaking mobiles, a term coined by Marcel Duchamp in 1932 to describe his suspended, kinetic sculptures. Calder entrusts his creations to the movement of air.

Jan 17, 2025 · Alexander Calder (1898–1976) was an American artist best known for his innovative mobiles—suspended sheet metal and wire assemblies that are activated in space by air currents—and stabiles—monumental outdoor sculptures built from bolted sheet metal.

Alexander "Sandy" Calder (/ ˈ k ɔː l d ər /; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and …

Title: Mobile. Artist: Alexander Calder (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1898–1976 New York) Date: 1941. Medium: Painted aluminum, steel, steel rod, and wire. Dimensions: a: 27 1/2 × 55 1/2 in., 2.7 lb. (69.9 × 141 cm, 1.2 kg) b: 36 × 54 in., 0.9 lb. (91.4 × 137.2 cm, 0.4 kg) Classification: Sculpture. Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1942

The Calder Foundation’s new website also has an interactive map of Calder’s sculptures around the world. The largest mobile sculpture to ever appear at auction, measuring 25 feet (7.6 meters), is Blue Moon (1962) by Alexander Calder, which sold at Sotheby’s in New York City on May 15th 2024 for $14.4 million :

Oct 19, 2017 · Calder’s mobiles are spectacular for many reasons, one of which is that they are created to interact with the world around them – a type of art that Calder was one the forefront of exploring. The hanging mobiles are altered by air and touch, allowing for …

Sep 21, 2023 · Alexander Calder has become synonymous with moving sculptures, or as they are famously known, mobiles. He epitomized movement in art and made it playful and abstract. His art was diverse and moved in a myriad of fashions, …

American artist Alexander Calder redefined sculpture by introducing the element of movement, first through performances of his Cirque Calder and later with motorized works and, finally, with hanging works called "mobiles."

Jan 17, 2025 · With seemingly inexhaustible energy, Calder expanded the repertoire of forms in his mobiles from spheres to discs to organic shapes adapted from plants and animals.

Nov 11, 2022 · Calder is known as the originator of the mobile, a type of moving sculpture made with delicately balanced or suspended shapes that move in response to touch or air currents. Calder’s monumental stationary sculptures are called stabiles.