Alexander Calder
Born 1898 Lawnton, PA., Died New York 1976
Born into a family of artists. From an early age he showed an interest in engineering
and gained a degree from the 'Stevens Insitute of Technology', Hoboken. Calder also
attended the Art Students League, New York from (1923 -
Calder then divided his time between France and the United States and in 1929 the 'Galerie Billiet', gave him his first solo show, he had become a very close friend of 'Joan Miro' during 1928 and it was Miro who encouraged him to spend much time in France where he is almost as renowned as he is in America. In the very early 1930s Calder began to experiment with abstract sculpture introducing moving parts into his works. The artwork you can see today shows a reflection of the painter, and sculpture, and the engineer that is 'Alexander Calder'.
