Alexander CALDER
(1898 – 1976)
US-American sculptor whose work can be classified as kinetic art. Constructive artistic exchange with his friend Joan MIRÓ | 1898 born in Lawnton / Pennsylvania | 1915-19 studies engineering | 1923-26 takes drawing and painting courses at the “Art Students League”, New York; earns his living as a draughtsman | 1926 moves to Paris, attends the “Académie de la Grande Chaumière”; meets other artists, including Fernand LÉGER | 1931 first major exhibition in Paris | 1933 moves to Roxbury, Connecticut | 1955 participant in documenta I | 1959 joins documenta II; elected to the “American Academy of Arts and Sciences” | 1960 “American Academy of Arts and Letters” | 1964 joins documenta III | 1975 designs the first “BMW Art Car” | 1976 died in New York
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