Alexander Milne Calder

You have to imagine it. Then you can be realistic about reproducing it”(Alexander Calder). Alexander Calder was born in Lawnton, Pennsylvania, on July 22, 1898. Calder’s family was filled with sculptors. Alexander’s grandfather, Alexander Milne Calder, was a sculptor born in Scotland and in 1868, he moved to Philadelphia. He worked on many historical carvings of Philadelphia City Hall. Alexander’s father, Alexander Stirling Calder, was also a sculptor that had many public installations around Philadelphia

One ¼ inch diameter red rod with slots at either end, one unfinished ⅔ inch wooden spool with 8 holes around the side and one ¼ inch hole in the center, and a ⅔ inch plastic orange connecting rod. The plastic piece was newer than the wooden pieces. The red rod fit into all the holes in the wooden spool, as well as the ends of the short, plastic connector piece. The possibility of fitting the pieces together in numerous configurations leads one to believe this is an open-ended construction toy. Tinker

Paper 4 In the course of this paper I will be analyzing Alexander Calder’s work through the Psychoanalysis approach, specifically Psychobiography as I discuss the many influences throughout his life, both people and experiences, which informed his prolific body of work, in addition to it being a direct reflection of his personality. As a third-generation artist, Alexander Calder grew up surrounded by art. Calder’s mother was a painter and his father and grandfather were sculptors, and

Pennsylvania, nicknamed the Keystone State, may be the 33rd largest state area-wise, but it is the 6th largest population-wise 1. This is most-likely due to urban areas like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, settlement of europeans after the discovery of “The New World” and, possibly, the immense amount of history and contribution to the development of the United States of America. Philadelphia is known as the “birthplace of the United States.” The territory now known as “Pennsylvania” was disputed