Alexander%20Calder

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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