"pieces in the 1941 show found buyers, one of whom, Solomon R. Guggenheim, paid only $233.34 (about $3,500 in 2014 dollars) for a work. The Museum of Modern Art had bought its first Calder in 1934 for $60, after talking Calder down from $100. In 2010, his metal mobile ""Untitled (Autumn Leaves)"", sold at Sotheby's New York for $3.7 million. Another mobile brought $6.35 million at Christie's later that year. Also at Christie's, a standing mobile called ""Lily of Force"" (1945), which was expected to sell for $8 to $12 million, was bought for $18.5 million in 2012. Calder's 7"
"Alexander Milne Calder Alexander Milne Calder (August 23, 1846 – June 4, 1923) (MILL-nee) was a Scottish American sculptor best known for the architectural sculpture of Philadelphia City Hall. Both his son, Alexander Stirling Calder, and grandson, Alexander ""Sandy"" Calder, became significant sculptors in the 20th century. Alexander Milne Calder was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, the son of a tombstone carver. He began his career in Scotland, working for sculptor John Rhind, the father of sculptor J. Massey Rhind while attending the Royal Academy in Edinburgh. He moved to London and worked on the Albert Memorial. Calder emigrated to the"
"American Art, New York, has the largest body of work by Alexander Calder. Other important museum collections include the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. There are two pieces on display in the Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection in Albany, NY. The Philadelphia Museum of Art offers a view of works by three generations of Alexander Calders. From the second floor window on the east side of"
"a string and rotates naturally. This mobile sculpture has concentric circles that exist in several planes, but the entire sculpture only rotates horizontally and vertically. Alexander Calder is an artist who many believe to have defined firmly and exactly the style of mobiles in kinetic art. Over years of studying his works, many critics allege that Calder was influenced by a wide variety of sources. Some claim that Chinese windbells were objects that closely resembled the shape and height of his earliest mobiles. Other art historians argue that the 1920s mobiles of Man Ray, including ""Shade"" (1920) had a direct"
"Alexander Stirling Calder Alexander Stirling Calder (January 11, 1870 – January 7, 1945) was an American sculptor and teacher. Son of the sculptor Alexander Milne Calder and father of the sculptor Alexander (Sandy) Calder, his best-known works are ""George Washington as President"" on the Washington Square Arch in New York City, the Swann Memorial Fountain in Philadelphia, and the Leif Eriksson Memorial in Reykjavík, Iceland. Calder was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1870. At the age of 16, A. Stirling Calder attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts where he studied under Thomas Eakins. He apprenticed as a sculptor the"
"small town of Washington, Connecticut. After similar ideas were developed for New York in 1998, plans for a museum devoted to Calder in Philadelphia were announced in 2000. The proposed 35,000-square-foot Calder museum, designed by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, was to be located on a two-acre lot. The facility, which was slated for a 2008 opening, would have cost an estimated $70 million. The late sculptor's heirs had agreed to an unprecedented gift to the museum but in 2005, the plans were abandoned over failed fundraising efforts. Alexander Calder Alexander Calder (; 1898–1976) was an American sculptor who is best"
"in 1930, where he was impressed by the environment-as-installation, ""shocked"" him into fully embracing abstract art, toward which he had already been tending. It was the mixture of his experiments to develop purely abstract sculpture following his visit with Mondrian that led to his first truly kinetic sculptures, manipulated by means of cranks and motors, that would become his signature artworks. Calder's kinetic sculptures are regarded as being amongst the earliest manifestations of an art that consciously departed from the traditional notion of the art work as a static object and integrated the ideas of gesture and immateriality as aesthetic"
"6"" (290 cm) in diameter. The sculpture suggests the movement of underwater life. Calder became a leading exponent of kinetic art, combining his engineering training with his studies of art in New York and Paris. According to a review in the ""New York Sun"", ""There, he became enthralled with the biomorphic surrealism of Joan Miró as well as the powerful choreography of modern dance pioneer Martha Graham."" After experimenting with motorized sculptures, Calder began creating works that moved and floated when touched or exposed to air currents. Calder composed motion with works like ""Lobster Trap and Fish Tail"", ""harnessing the"
"designed by Calder. Two months after his death, the artist was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor, by President Gerald Ford. However, representatives of the Calder family boycotted the January 10, 1977 ceremony ""to make a statement favoring amnesty for Vietnam War draft resisters"". In 1987, the Calder Foundation was established by Calder's family. The foundation ""is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting the art and archives of Alexander Calder and is charged with an unmatched collection of his works."" The foundation has large holdings, with some works owned by family members"
"accord with the changing themes of the ecclesiastical calendar. Beginning in the first half of the 20th century, a number of contemporary artists sought to incorporate kinetic techniques into their work in an attempt to overcome what they saw as the predominantly static nature of art. Alexander Calder's mobiles are among the most widely known demonstrations of physical dynamism in the visual arts, in which form has the potential to continually vary through perpetual motion, sometimes even without the agency of the human hand. Jean Tinguely's efforts to create a self-destructive art machine constitute perhaps the ultimate expression of art's"
"performative potential of the mechanical sciences."" Lobster Trap and Fish Tail Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, a mobile by American artist Alexander Calder, is located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York, United States. It is one of Calder's earliest hanging mobiles and ""the first to reveal the basic characteristics of the genre that launched his enormous international reputation and popularity."" The sculpture was commissioned by the Advisory Committee for the stairwell of the museum when the new building opened in 1939. Fabricated in Roxbury, Connecticut, the painted steel wire and sheet aluminum sculpture is"
"Lutheran cathedral in Reykjavík, and facing west toward the Atlantic Ocean and Greenland, the Leif Eriksson Memorial (1929–32) has become as iconic for Icelanders as the Statue of Liberty is for Americans. In 1945, Calder died of funnel chest syndrome, which he developed while working on his final sculpture, titled ""Sicilian Nectar"". He is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. His memoir, ""Thoughts of A. Stirling Calder on Art and Life"" (1947), was published posthumously. Alexander Stirling Calder Alexander Stirling Calder (January 11, 1870 – January 7, 1945) was an American sculptor and teacher. Son of"
"Lobster Trap and Fish Tail Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, a mobile by American artist Alexander Calder, is located at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, New York, United States. It is one of Calder's earliest hanging mobiles and ""the first to reveal the basic characteristics of the genre that launched his enormous international reputation and popularity."" The sculpture was commissioned by the Advisory Committee for the stairwell of the museum when the new building opened in 1939. Fabricated in Roxbury, Connecticut, the painted steel wire and sheet aluminum sculpture is 8' 6"" (260 cm) x 9'"
"by the North American artist and engineer Alexander Calder. These structures were installed on the ceiling under the supervision of the American firm Bolt, Beranek and Newman, and adjusted while an orchestra played on stage to calibrate the acoustics and make sure the quality remained consistent throughout the hall. The clouds are the most prominent example of the philosophy of the project to combine art and thought as well as function. The initial destination of the clouds was not inside the hall. Calder was working on a structure for outside in the Plaza Cubierta; when he became aware of how"
"works are named after people, places, or things in Canada and Alaska. The sculptures are primarily made of painted metal in twisting, geometric forms. Alaska California District of Columbia Georgia Illinois Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Nebraska New Jersey New York Ohio Texas Wisconsin Alberta British Columbia Ontario Saskatchewan Robert Murray (artist) Robert Gray Murray (born March 2, 1936) is a Canadian sculptor, printmaker, painter, and art teacher whose large outdoor works resemble abstract ""stabile"" style of Alexander Calder. Some of his installations have attracted controversy because of their abstract design. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he"
"Wire sculpture Wire sculpture is the creation of sculpture or jewelry (sometimes called wire wrap jewelry) out of wire. The use of metal wire in jewelry dates back to the 2nd Dynasty in Egypt and to the Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe. In the 20th century, the works of Alexander Calder, Ruth Asawa, and other modern practitioners developed the medium of wire sculpture as an art form. Alexander Calder (1898–1976), an American sculptor, greatly developed the use of wire as a medium for sculpture with his kinetic and movement based ""Cirque Calder"", as well as pieces such as ""Two"
"Peter Arrell Browne Widener, Joseph E. Widener, and Chester Dale. The Gallery's collection of paintings, drawings, prints, photographs, sculpture, medals, and decorative arts traces the development of Western Art from the Middle Ages to the present, including the only painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the Americas and the largest mobile created by Alexander Calder. The Gallery's campus includes the original neoclassical West Building designed by John Russell Pope, which is linked underground to the modern East Building, designed by I. M. Pei, and the Sculpture Garden. The Gallery often presents temporary special exhibitions spanning the world and the history"
"General George Gordon Meade for Fairmount Park. Then in 1875, he won the competition for the colossal (37 foot tall) bronze statue of William Penn that was to crown the new City Hall's tower. That portrait sculpture remains to this day the largest atop any building in the world. Alexander Milne Calder is buried in West Laurel Hill Cemetery in suburban Philadelphia's Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania. Alexander Milne Calder Alexander Milne Calder (August 23, 1846 – June 4, 1923) (MILL-nee) was a Scottish American sculptor best known for the architectural sculpture of Philadelphia City Hall. Both his son, Alexander Stirling Calder,"
"presented on both sides of the Atlantic. Soon, his ""Cirque Calder"" (on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art at present) became popular with the Parisian avant-garde. He also invented wire sculpture, or ""drawing in space,"" and in 1929 he had his first solo show of these sculptures in Paris at Galerie Billiet. ""Hi! (Two Acrobats)"" in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art is an early example of the artist's wire sculpture. The painter Jules Pascin, a friend of Calder's from the cafes of Montparnasse, wrote the preface to the catalog. A visit to Piet Mondrian's studio"
"emphases in illustration, graphic design, ceramics, printmaking, painting, visual studies, and sculpture. Art students attend classes at the Calder Art Center, named for contemporary artist Alexander Calder. The building includes exhibition space under the name of the Stuart & Barbara Padnos Art Gallery. Admission into the GVSU art program requires an initial review of the potential student's work. Admitted students then undergo a series of foundation classes that properly introduce them to the formal basics of art. Passing the foundation review allows access to higher level art studies, and a choice of approaching an emphasis. Subsequent reviews may take place"
"enabling the range of jewellery that can be made to be expansive. Wire sculpture Wire sculpture is the creation of sculpture or jewelry (sometimes called wire wrap jewelry) out of wire. The use of metal wire in jewelry dates back to the 2nd Dynasty in Egypt and to the Bronze and Iron Ages in Europe. In the 20th century, the works of Alexander Calder, Ruth Asawa, and other modern practitioners developed the medium of wire sculpture as an art form. Alexander Calder (1898–1976), an American sculptor, greatly developed the use of wire as a medium for sculpture with his kinetic"
"it, thus enabling one to perceive it in human scale. The shape of ""Flamingo"" alludes to the natural and animal realm, which is a stark contrast to more literal interpretations in sculpture from previous decades. Calder's structure is a prominent example of the constructivist movement, first popularized in Russia in the early 20th century. Constructivism refers to sculpture that is made from smaller pieces which are joined together. A maquette of the stabile was formerly displayed inside the Loop Station post office in the Federal Plaza. It currently resides in the Art Institute of Chicago's Modern Wing. Flamingo (sculpture) Flamingo,"
"Miller continued as a professional sculptor, videographer, and printmaker. For 25 years, Miller taught art and advocated exposure to it. He lectured on art and technology or symmetry in venues such as the New York Academy of Science, the American Society of Electrical Engineers and a national convention of metal workers and welders, whose directors wanted members to see Miller's welds, which most resembled crocheting. Miller was a consultant for collaborative sculpture workshops, a lecturer on the work of Alexander Calder, who graduated from SIT in 1919. He was a judge of various art shows, including the Asian Indian Show"
"Museum of Modern Art in New York organized the exhibition Modern Handmade Jewelry, which included the work of studio jewelers like Margaret De Patta and Paul Lobel, along with jewelry by modernist artists such as Alexander Calder, Jacques Lipchitz and Richard Pousette-Dart. This exhibition toured the United States, and was followed by a series of influential exhibitions at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Kelly L'Ecuyer suggests that ""Calder's jewelry was central to many of the museum and gallery exhibitions of this period, and he continues to be viewed as the seminal figure in American contemporary jewelry."" Using cold construction"
"Flying Dragon (Calder) Flying Dragon is a sculpture by Alexander Calder in the Art Institute of Chicago North Stanley McCormick Memorial Court (aka North Garden) north of the Art Institute of Chicago Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. It is a painted steel plate work of art created in 1975 measuring 365 (H) x 579 (L) x 335 (W) cm (120 x 228 x 132 in.). It is painted in the signature ""Calder Red"" (which is also used in the nearby ""Flamingo"") and is intended to represent a dragonfly in flight. Although Calder is better known for"
"and crude techniques that suggested a spirit of improvisation and creativity, Calder's jewelry shares his sculpture's use of line and movement to describe space, creating jewelry that often moves with the wearer's body. A strong connection with art movements is a characteristic of American art jewelry during this period. While Calder showed a primitivist interest in African and ancient Greek art, Margaret De Patta made jewelry that was constructivist, manipulating light, space and optical perception according to the lessons she learned from László Moholy-Nagy at the New Bauhaus in Chicago. Toni Greenbaum writes that ""After his mentor, the painter John"
"Alexander (magician) Claude Alexander Conlin (June 30, 1880 – August 5, 1954), also known as Alexander, C. Alexander, Alexander the Crystal Seer, and Alexander the Man Who Knows, was an American spiritual author, vaudeville magician who specialized in mentalism and psychic reading acts, dressed in Oriental style robes and a feathered turban, and often used a crystal ball as a prop. In addition to performing, he also worked privately for clients, giving readings. He was the author of several pitch books, New Thought pamphlets, and psychology books, as well as texts for stage performers. His stage name was ""Alexander,"" and"
"fiery red sunrise on one side and the moon looking like a silver coin on the other."" The ""H.F. Alexander"" docked in San Francisco and Calder traveled up to Aberdeen, Washington, where his sister lived with her husband, Kenneth Hayes. Calder took a job as a timekeeper at a logging camp. The mountain scenery inspired him to write home to request paints and brushes. Shortly after this, Calder decided to move back to New York to pursue a career as an artist. Calder moved to New York and enrolled at the Art Students League, studying briefly with Thomas Hart Benton,"
"Museum of Art, New Orleans; the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans; and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC, as well as other public and private collections worldwide. Alexander was a 2013 recipient of the Guild Hall Lifetime Achievement Award. John Alexander (artist) John Alexander (born October 26, 1945, in Beaumont, Texas) is an American painter. Alexander studied art at Lamar University in Beaumont and Southern Methodist University in Dallas. After teaching at the University of Houston from 1971 to 1978, he moved to New York. (Tennant, Houston Chronicle, 2003). Alexander’s work is influenced by his affection for"
"often seemed to aspire to the monumental condition of architecture. Throughout his life, he made sculptural equivalents of fish and whales and prehistoric animals, of birds and starry constellations. ""Mountains and Clouds"" is his grand final statement of elemental themes expressed in a powerful, space-transforming invention. Mountains and Clouds Mountains and Clouds is a sculpture by Alexander Calder located in the Hart Senate Office Building. The Hart Senate Office Building, first occupied in 1982 and named for Michigan Senator Philip A. Hart, broke with tradition. Unlike its predecessors, the Hart Building boasted a contemporary, energy-efficient design that could accommodate a"
"Flamingo (sculpture) Flamingo, created by noted American artist Alexander Calder, is a tall stabile located in the Federal Plaza in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was commissioned by the United States General Services Administration and was unveiled in 1974, although Calder's signature on the sculpture indicates it was constructed in 1973. ""Flamingo"" weighs 50 tons, is composed of steel, and is vermilion in color. Calder gave the stabile its color, which has come to be called ""Calder red"", to offset it from the black and steel surroundings of nearby office buildings, including the"
"ties to the Alexander Calder's stabiles and to the sculptures of David Smith, with their welded parts and found objects; she collected works by both artists. Her most famous sculpture, ""Camels"", was first displayed in the Whitney Museum of American Art. The sculpture features three separate camels, each made of many materials, among them burlap, wax, figerglass, and animal skin. Each camel is also painted with acrylics and oil colors to appear realistic. The camels are now stored in the National Gallery of Canada, and two later ""siblings"" reside in the Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst in Aachen, Germany. Working"
"series of watercolors which he was selling to the foreigners on the black market. When he left the USSR, Kaletski carried with him these watercolors. During that time in the Soviet Union, the works of unsanctioned or ""non conformist"" painters were forbidden and exhibiting as an outsider was considered a serious crime. Forgoing other necessary belongings, the artist had to pay for the release of his own pieces. When Alexander arrived to America his watercolors were immediately exhibited in many universities around the United States, constituting some of the earliest non-conformist art to be viewed in America. His works surprised"