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Alexander Calder Biography
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1898 |
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Born: in Philadelphia, PA
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1909 |
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Parents provide him with a workshop at age eleven
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1919 |
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Graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ
Worked as engineer at logging camp in Washington state
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1923 |
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Moved to New York, NY and attended Art Students League
Worked as illustrator for newspapers and advertisers
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1925 |
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Employed at Central Park Zoo and Bronx Zoo, New York, NY
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1926 |
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Attended Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris, France
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1931 |
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Settled in Paris, France
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1933 |
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Moved back to the U.S. and buys house in Roxbury, CT
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1939 |
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Commissioned to make mobile installed in main stairwell of Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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1949 |
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Constructed largest mobile to date, hung over main stairwell of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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1952 |
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Awarded grand prize for sculpture, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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1957 - 1958 |
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Received several commissions for large-scale public sculpture, including a mobile for JFK Airport commissioned by Port Authority of New York and a stabile for UNESCO Paris headquarters
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1967 - 1968 |
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Sculpture commissions for Expo ’67 in Montreal and 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City
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1976 |
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Died: in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Alexander Calder: Gouaches, Ricco Maresca Gallery, New York City, NY (solo)
Alexander Calder Jewlery, Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL (solo)
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2007
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Focus: Alexander Calder, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY (solo)
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2006
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The Surreal Calder, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art , San Francisco, CA; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
Calder in Brazil, Paco Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (solo)
I Think Best in Wire: Alexander Calder, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
Calder Gouaches: 1942-1976, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (solo)
Calder: From Model to Monument, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (solo)
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2005
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Alexander Calder: Two Monumental Sculptures, Gagosian Gallery, New York., NY (solo)
Alexander Calder, Samuel Vanhoegaerden Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (solo)
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2004
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Alexander Calder, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, South Korea (solo)
Calder: Gravedad y la Gracia, Museo Nacional - Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2003
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Calder: Gravedad y la Gracia, Fundacion del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain (solo)
Alexander Calder, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA (solo)
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2002
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Calder '76: The Cutouts, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY (solo)
Alexander Calder: Motion and Color, Nagoya City Art Museum, Nagoya, Japan (solo)
Calder: Four Maquettes, Two Stabiles and a Little Bird Too, Ameringer Fine Arts, New York, NY (solo)
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2001
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Alexander Calder: Motion and Color, Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, Japan (solo)
Alexander Calder in Focus, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2000
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Earthly Forms: The Biomorphic Sculpture of Arp, Calder and Noguchi, PaceWildenstein, New York, NY
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1999
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An Adventurous Spirit: Calder at The Phillips Collection, Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C (solo)
Alexander Calder, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1998
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Alexander Calder: 1898-1976, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and SF MoMA (solo)
Flying Colors: The Innovation and Artistry of Alexander Calder, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose , CA (solo)
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1996
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Alexander Calder: 1898-1976, Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (solo)
Celebrating Calder, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
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1994
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Calder, Bibliotheque Municipale and Abbaye Saint-Germain, Auxerre, France (solo)
Calder Gallery Installation, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. (solo)
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1993
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Alexander Calder from the Collection of the Ruth and Leonard J. Horwich Family, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1992
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Celebrating Calder, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
Alexander Calder, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (solo)
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1989 - 1990
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The Intimate World of Alexander Calder, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, NY; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
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1987 - 1988
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Alexander Calder: Sculptures of the Nineteen Thirties, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1984
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Calder, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
Des Stabiles et des Mobiles de Calder, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
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1982
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Tapices de Alexander Calder, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
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1981
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Alexander Calder: A Concentration of Works from the Permanent Collection, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1978
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Images de Calder, Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France (solo)
Calder's Universe, San Jose Museum of Art, CA; Portland Art Museum, OR; Phoenix Art Museum, AZ (solo)
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1977
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Alexander Calder Memorial, American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (solo)
Calder's Universe, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; High Art Musuem, Atlanta, GA (solo)
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1976
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Calder, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (solo)
Retrospective, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1963 - 1964
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Calder gouache show, Perls Gallery, New York (solo)
Retrospective, Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (solo)
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1962
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Retrospective, Tate Gallery, London, UK
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1950
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Galerie Maeght, Paris, France (solo)
Retrospective, Masachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (solo)
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1943
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Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (solo)
Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA (solo)
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1932
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Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1929
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Galerie Billiet, Paris, France (solo)
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1928
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Weyhe Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1926
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Artist's Gallery, New York, NY
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
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National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C
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Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
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Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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Whitney Museum of American Art, New York , NY
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Reina Sofía National Museum, Madrid, Spain
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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Indianapolis Museum of Art, IN
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
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| Literature |
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2005
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Rosenthal, Mark, and Alexander S. C. Rower. The Surreal Calder. Houston, TX: The Menil Collection, 2005
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1998
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Guerrero, Pedro E. Calder at Home. The Joyous Environment of Alexander Calder. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998
Prather, Marla. Alexander Calder 1898 - 1976. Washington D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1998
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1966
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Calder, Alexander. An Autobiography With Pictures. New York: Pantheon Books, 1966
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| Links to further information |
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