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Alexander (Sandy) Calder  American  1898 -1976
Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 
Studied: Stevens Institute of Technology 
Art Students League, New York City 1923
Academie de la Grande Chaumiere 
Examples of Work: Art Institute of Chicago 
Guggenheim Museum, New York City 
Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C. 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 
Museum of Modern Art, New York City 
Philadelphia Museum of Art 
Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC 
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago 
Museum of Western Art, Moscow 
UNESCO Building, Paris 
Specialty: Sculptor
Painter
Style/School: Abstract
Subjects Known For: Mobiles
Memberships: National Institute of Arts and Letters 
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Alexander Calder was a sculptor of international renown. Born in Philadelphia, he grew up in an artistic family; both his father and his grandfather were accomplished and dedicated sculptors, who created heroically scaled ... (More)

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