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1 Alexander Calder

2 Young Calder in his studio

3 Calder’s early work Alexander Calder started out as a wire sculptor.
He studied people and animals from the circus. He created portraits in wire.

4 Calder’s paintings Alexander Calder used the primary colors

5 Calder’s paintings Alexander Calder used organic shapes
in his paintings.

6 Calder’s paintings Alexander Calder used geometric shapes in his paintings.

7 Calder’s stabile sculptures
Alexander Calder created stabile sculptures. Stabile sculptures are rigid; parts do not move.

8 Calder’s Mobile/Stabile Sculptures
Alexander Calder created mobile/stabile sculptures (parts stay still and parts move). What colors did he use? What shapes can you identify? Are the shapes organic or geometric?

9 Calder’s Mobile/Stabile Sculptures

10 Calder’s Mobile/Stabile Sculptures

11 Calder working on a Mobile

12 Calder’s Mobiles Calder used the colors and shapes from his wire sculptures to create moving sculptures - mobiles

13 Calder’s Mobiles

14 Calder’s Mobile inside the East Wing of the National Gallery

15 Mobile/Stabile outdoor sculpture in Washington, DC

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