Selected Works
Alexander Calder was born in 1898, in Lawnton, Pennsylvania. Calder died in 1976, in New York.
Alexander Calder, known to many as ‘Sandy’, was an American sculptor from Pennsylvania. He was the son of well-known sculptor Alexander Stirling Calder, and his grandfather and mother were also successful artists. Alexander Calder is known for inventing wire sculptures and the mobile, a type of kinetic art which relied on careful weighting to achieve balance and suspension in the air. Initially Calder used motors to make his works move, but soon abandoned this method and began using air currents alone.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1927
Galleries of Jacques Seligmann and Company, Paris. August 1927.
Solo Exhibition
1928
Weyhe Gallery, New York. Wire Sculpture by Alexander Calder. 20 February–3 March 1928.
Solo Exhibition
1929
Galerie Billiet-Pierre Vorms, Paris. Sculptures bois et fil de fer de Alexandre Calder. 25 January–7 February 1929.
Solo Exhibition
Weyhe Gallery, New York. Wood Carvings by Alexander Calder. 4–23 February 1929.
Solo Exhibition
Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Berlin. Alexander Calder: Skulpturen aus Holz und aus Draht. 1–15 April 1929.
Solo Exhibition
Fifty-Sixth Street Galleries, New York. Alexander Calder: Paintings, Wood Sculpture, Toys, Wire Sculpture, Jewelry, Textiles. 2–14 December 1929.
Solo Exhibition
1930
Harvard Society for Contemporary Art, Harvard Cooperative Building, Room 207, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wire Sculpture by Alexander Calder. 27 January–4 February 1930.
Solo Exhibition
The Mansard Gallery, London. November 1930.
Solo Exhibition
1931
Galerie Percier, Paris. Alexandre Calder: Volumes–Vecteurs–Densités / Dessins–Portraits. 27 April–9 May 1931.
Solo Exhibition
1932
Galerie Vignon, Paris. Calder: ses mobiles. 12–29 February 1932.
Solo Exhibition
Julien Levy Gallery, New York. Calder: Mobiles / Abstract Sculptures. 12 May–11 June 1932.
Solo Exhibition
1933
Sociedad de Cursos y Conferencias, Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid. February 1933.
Travel / Solo Exhibition
Amics de l’Art Nou, Galería Syra, Barcelona. 1–2 February 1933.
Travel / Solo Exhibtion
Galerie Pierre Colle, Paris. Présentation des oeuvres récentes de Calder. 16–18 May 1933.
Solo Exhibition
1934
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Mobiles by Alexander Calder. 6–28 April 1934.
Solo Exhibition
1935
The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. Mobiles by Alexander Calder. 14–31 January 1935.
Solo Exhibition
The Arts Club of Chicago. Mobiles by Alexander Calder. 1–26 February 1935.
Solo Exhibition
1936
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Mobiles and Objects by Alexander Calder. 10–29 February 1936.
Solo Exhibition
Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Sculpture by Alexander Calder. 5 May–8 June 1936.
Solo Exhibition
1937
Antheil Gallery, Hollywood, California. 1937.
Solo Exhibition
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles. 23 February–13 March 1937.
Solo Exhibition
The Mayor Gallery, London. Calder: Mobiles and Stabiles. 1–24 December 1937.
Solo Exhibition
George Walter Vincent Smith Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts. Calder Mobiles. 8–27 November 1938.
Solo Exhibition
Artek Gallery, Helsinki. Alexander Calder: Jewelry. December 1938.
Solo Exhibition
1970
Galerie Blanche, Stockholm. Alexander Calder: Mobiler, Stabile-Mobiler, Gouacher 1961–1970. 1970.
Solo Exhibition
Long Beach Museum of Art, California. Calder Gouaches: The Art of Alexander Calder. 11 January–8 February 1970.
Solo Exhibition
Hokin Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida. 15 January–7 February 1970.
Solo Exhibition
Kovler Gallery, Chicago. Calder. 22 January–21 March 1970.
Solo Exhibition
Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, California. Calder Gouaches: The Art of Alexander Calder. 27 February–29 March 1970. Originated from the Long Beach Museum of Art, California.
Solo Exhibition
Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona. Calder Gouaches: The Art of Alexander Calder. 1–31 May 1970. Originated from the Long Beach Museum of Art, California.
Solo Exhibition
Galerie Vömel, Düsseldorf. Calder. 1 July–31 August 1970.
Solo Exhibition
Galerie Gunzenhauser, Munich. Calder. 24 September 1970.
Solo Exhibition
Galerie Semiha Huber, Zurich. A.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1925
New York Society of Independent Artists, Waldorf-Astoria, New York. Ninth Annual Exhibition of The Society of Independent Artists. 6–29 March 1925.
Group Exhibition
1926
Artists Gallery, New York. January 1926.
Group Exhibition
New York Society of Independent Artists, Waldorf-Astoria, New York. Tenth Annual Exhibition of The Society of Independent Artists. 5–28 March 1926.
Group Exhibition
Anderson Galleries, Whitney Studio Club, New York.Whitney Studio Club Eleventh Annual Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture by Members of the Club. 8–20 March 1926.
Group Exhibition
Anderson Galleries, New York. May 1926.
Group Exhibition
1927
Galerie La Boétie, Paris. Salon des Humoristes. 6 March–1 May 1927.
Group Exhibition
1928
Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, Paris. 20 January–29 February 1928.
Group Exhibition
New York Society of Independent Artists, Waldorf-Astoria, New York. Twelfth Annual Exhibition of The Society of Independent Artists. 9 March–1 April 1928.
Group Exhibition
Galleries of Jacques Seligmann and Company, Ancien Hôtel de Sagan, Paris. The Salon of American Artists. 2–13 July 1928.
Group Exhibition
1929
Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris. 40me Exposition Annuelle. 18 January–28 February 1929.
Group Exhibition
Salon des Tuileries, Paris. May 1929.
Group Exhibition
Harvard Society of Contemporary Art, Cambridge, Massachusetts. An Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture by the School of New York. 17 October–1 November 1929.
Group Exhibition
1930
Salon de la Société des Artistes Indépendants, Paris. 17 January–2 March 1930.
Group Exhibition
Galerie G. L. Manuel Frères, Paris. 11e Salon de l’Araignée. May 1930.
Group Exhibition
Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, Paris. Association Artistique les Surindépendants. 25 October–24 November 1930.
Group Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans. 2 December 1930–20 January 1931.
Group Exhibition
1931
Künstlerhaus, Berlin. July 1931.
Group Exhibition
Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, Paris. Association Artistique les Surindépendants. 23 October–22 November 1931.
Group Exhibition
1932
Miejskie Muzeum Historji i Sztuki (Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi), Lodz, Poland. Miedzynarodowa Kolekcja Sztuki Nowoczesnej/Collection Internationale d’Art Nouveau. 1932.
Group Exhibition
Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles, Paris. “1940.” 15 January–1 February 1932.
Group Exhibition
Galerie Vignon, Paris. Exposition de dessins. 15–28 January 1932.
Group Exhibition
The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. The Fifth Annual Exhibition of Modern French Painting. 7–21 February 1932.
Group Exhibition
Berliner Sommerschau, Berlin. July 1932.
Group Exhibition
1933
L’Association Artistique Abstraction-Création, Paris. Première série. 19–31 January 1933.
Group Exhibition
Galerie Pierre, Paris. Arp, Calder, Miró, Pevsner, Hélion, and Seligmann. 9–24 June 1933.
Group Exhibition
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Modern Painting and Sculpture: Alexander Calder, George L.K. Morris, Calvert Coggeshall, Alma de Gersdorff Morgan. 12–27 August 1933.
Group Exhibition
1934
Rockefeller Center, New York. The First Municipal Art Exhibition. 28 February–31 March 1934.
Group Exhibition
The Renaissance Society at The University of Chicago. A Selection of Works by Twentieth-Century Artists. 20 June–20 August 1934.
Group Exhibition
Berkshire Playhouse, Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Twenty-Sixth Annual Stockbridge Exhibition. 8–23 September 1934.
Group Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Modern Works of Art: Fifth Anniversary Exhibition. 20 November 1934–20 January 1935.
Group Exhibition
1935
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. American Painting and Sculpture of the 18th, 19th & 20th Centuries. 29 January–19 February 1935.
Group Exhibition
Kunstmuseum, Luzern, Switzerland. Thèse, antithèse, synthèse. 24 February–31 March 1935.
Group Exhibition
Art Institute of Chicago. The Fourteenth International Exhibition of Water Colors, Pastels, Drawings and Monotypes. 21 March–2 June 1935.
Group Exhibition
Panorama (1935). Choreographed by Martha Graham; mobile sets designed by Calder; music by Norman Lloyd; costumes by Graham.
Theatrical Performance
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut. Abstract Art. 22 October–17 November 1935.
Group Exhibition
1936
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, New York. Art of Today. 3–31 January 1936.
Group Exhibition
Socrate (1936). Music by Erik Satie (1920); mobile decor by Alexander Calder; conducted by Virgil Thomson. Performed for the First Hartford Music Festival at Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut.
Theatrical Performance
Paper Ball: Le Cirque des Chiffonniers (1936). Production design by Pavel Tchelitchew; costumes by Tchelitchew, Calder, Alice Halicka, and others; music by Nicholas Nabokov, George Antheil, and others.
Theatrical Performance
Gallery 41, Oxford, England. Abstract and Concrete: An Exhibition of Abstract Painting and Sculpture Today. 15–22 February 1936.
Group Exhibition
Horizons (1936). Choreographed by Martha Graham; mobile sets by Calder; music by Louis Horst.
Theatrical Performance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Cubism and Abstract Art. 2 March–19 April 1936.
Group Exhibition
Gallery of Living Art at Paul Reinhardt Galleries, New York. Five Contemporary American Concretionists: Biederman, Calder, Ferren, Morris, Shaw. 9–31 March 1936.
Group Exhibition
Lefevre Gallery, London. Abstract and Concrete: An Exhibition of Abstract Painting and Sculpture Today. April 1936. Originated from Gallery 41, Oxford, England.
Group Exhibition
Socrate (1936). Music by Erik Satie (1920); mobile decor by Alexander Calder; conducted by Alexander Steinert. Performed for the opening of Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.
Theatrical Performance
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators. 27 April–12 September 1936.
Group Exhibition
Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts. Art of the Machine Age. 15 May–18 October 1936.
Group Exhibition
Galerie Charles Ratton, Paris. Exposition surréaliste d’objets. 22–29 May 1936.
Group Exhibition
New Burlington Galleries, London. International Exhibition of Surrealism. 11 June–4 July 1936.
Group Exhibition
San Francisco Museum of Art. Cubism and Abstract Art. 28 July–23 August 1936. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Group Exhibition
Cleveland Museum of Art. Cubism and Abstract Art. 10 October–15 November 1936. Originated from the Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Group Exhibition
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fantastic Art, Dada and Surrealism. 7 December 1936–17 January 1937.
Group Exhibition
1937
Kunsthalle Basel. Konstruktivisten. 16 January–14 February 1937.
Group Exhibition
Pavillon de la République Espagnole, Paris. L’Exposition Internationale. 24 May–26 November 1937.
Group Exhibition
Honolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii. Fantastic Art: Miró and Calder. 1–15 June 1937.
Group Exhibition
London Gallery, London. Constructive Art. July 1937.
Group Exhibition
Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris. Origines et développement de l’art international indépendant. 30 July–31 October 1937.
Group Exhibition
Artek Gallery, Helsinki. Fernand Léger / Alexander Calder. 29 November–12 December 1937.
Group Exhibition
1938
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Tentoonstelling Abstracte Kunst. 2–24 April 1938.
Group Exhibition
Galerie Guggenheim Jeune, London. Contemporary Sculpture: Brancusi, Laurens, Pevsner, Henry Moore, Duchamp-Villon, Hans Arp, Calder, Taeuber-Arp. 8 April–2 May 1938.
Group Exhibition
Katherine Kuh Gallery, Chicago. May 1938.
Group Exhibition
Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris. Trois siècles d’art aux États-Unis. 24 May–31 July 1938.
Group Exhibition
1970
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Recent Acquisitions. 9 June–19 July 1970.
Group Exhibition
Chateau de Ratilly, Nièvre, France. Calder / Bazaine. 19 June–10 September 1970.
Group Exhibition