Alexander Calder was a very prolific artist and worked in many medias. He is most well known for his kinetic hanging mobiles, an art-form that he created. His mobiles were typically constructed of aluminum sheet metal, steel wire, and paint. His mobiles were most often constructed using mechanical fastening methods such as crimping and riveting rather than brazing or welding. He also created larger stationary sculptures called "stabiles" which were made of thick metal plate which was riveted or welded, and then painted - usually in flat black or the iconic reddish orange such as the Flamingo sculpture in Chicago.
Calder also enjoyed painting with gouache, which is similar to a watercolor paint media, and doing line drawings in ink. Calder also did wood free-carving, sculpture from found objects, wire sculpture, casting, jewelry making in gold and silver, and kinetic sculpture with mechanical mechanisms. Calder even used Mercury in a kinetic fountain that he created for the 1937 World Exhibition in Paris. Credited with producing over 16,000 works in his life, it would be difficult to find a media that Calder did not experiment with.
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mainly wire and metals. his most famous pieces are mobiles which consist of objects hanging from the wires perfectly balanced.
Alexander Calder used wood, different types of fabric, wire, ribbon, string and paints.
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Alexander Calder died in 1976.
Alexander Calder went by Sandy.
Alexander Calder was born on July 22, 1898.
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Alexander Milne Calder was born on August 23, 1846.
Alexander Milne Calder was born on August 23, 1846.
James Alexander Calder was born on September 17, 1868.
James Alexander Calder was born on September 17, 1868.