| Term Paper Title | Alexander Calder |
| # of Words | 534 |
| # of Pages (250 words per page double spaced) | 2.14 |
Alexander Calder
In American art history, Alexander Calder is considered an excellent example of someone who took his childhood creative inventions and turned them into a very sophisticated form of art. He is one of the few artists in history to create a new art form: the art of mobile sculpture. Alexander was an internationally recognized artist and his life was filled with creativity, imagination and artistic exploration.
As a child, Calder created small wooden and wire figures, built a wine circus and zoo, and designed jewelry for his sister's dolls. Calder created in many different art forms: mobiles, stabiles, wire sculptures, gouaches, drawings, jewelry, and tapestries.
Born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania on July 22, 1898, Alexander came from a family with a sculpting background. Though demonstrating his artistic ability as a child, something his parents encouraged him to do, he elected to study engineering at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey. After hard work, and determination, he received a degree in mechanical engineering in 1919.
An art-related assignment early in his engineering career brought him back to art. Two years, in 1923, he enrolled in an evening art class at the Art Students League in New York City. Finally, in 1923, at age 25, he abandoned engineering to become a full-time student at New York's Art Students League.
After three years of hard work, his first solo exhibition took place at The Artists Gallery, New York in 1926.
In 1931, he moved to Paris and began to make mobiles and sculptures. Calder's first abstract sculpture exhibited in Paris. His first mobiles were e...Read entire document
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