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Alexander Calder

By kovacsk
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    Life and Times of Alexander Calder

  • Born

    Born

  • Horse Races

    Observed horse races at Tournament of Roses Parade

  • Military Training

    Enrolled in Military Training Boot Camp

  • Earned Engineering Degree

  • Mechanical Engineer

    Worked as a mechanical engineer on large passenger ship

  • Art Student's League

    Enrolled in ASL in NYC where he made his first sketches from the Ringiling Brother's and Barnum and Bailey Circus

  • Wooden Toys

  • New Friends from Europe

    Became good friends with Miro, Arp, Mondrian, and Duchamp

  • Kinetic Sculptures

  • Large Scale Stabiles

  • Art Sculpture International Exhibit in Philadelphia

  • Summer Olympics Sculpture in Mexico City

  • World Trade Center Stabile installed

  • Death

    Death
    Dies just after his famous NYC museum exhibit