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Alexander Calder
- 6th grade mobile/stabile
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Alexander Calders life as an artist
- Alexander Calder was born into a family of
artists. His grandfather created all of the
sculptures for City Hall in Philadelphia, Pa. - His father was a sculptor who worked on many of
the fountains in the city of Philadelphia, Pa. - Alexander went to college for engineering but
changed his mind to study art.
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Young Calder in his studio
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Calders early work
- Alexander Calder started out as a wire sculptor.
- He studied people and animals from the circus.
- He created portraits in wire.
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Calders paintings
- Alexander Calder used the primary colors
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Calders paintings
- Alexander Calder used organic shapes
- in his paintings
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Calders paintings
- Alexander Calder used geometric shapes in his
paintings
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Calders other paintings
- Alexander Calder painted a BMW and a 747 airplane
- He also painted the sides and outdoor ceilings of
buildings
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Calders stabile sculptures
- Alexander Calder created stabile sculptures.
Stabile sculptures are rigid parts do not move. - What colors did he use?
- What shapes can you identify?
- Are the shapes organic or geometric?
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Calders Mobile/Stabile Sculptures
- Alexander Calder created mobile/stabile
sculptures (parts stay still and parts move). - What colors did he use?
- What shapes can you identify?
- Are the shapes organic or geometric?
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Calders Mobile/Stabile Sculptures
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Calders Mobile/Stabile Sculptures
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Calder working on a Mobile
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Calders Mobiles
- Alexander Calder invented the mobile. Marcel
Duchamp named it. - Calder used the colors and shapes from his wire
sculptures to create moving sculptures - mobiles
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Calders Mobiles
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Calders Mobile inside the East Wing of the
National Gallery
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Mobile/Stabile outdoor sculpture in Washington, DC
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Student work
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