Alexander Calder

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American artist artist human sculptor

Alexander Calder was an influential American sculptor best known for inventing the mobile and creating innovative kinetic and abstract sculptures.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Alexander Calder canonical	50
Calder	2
Alexander Calder’s mobiles	1
Alexander Calder’s stabile “Elephant”	1
Alexander Calder’s stabiles	1
American artist Alexander Calder	1
Calder family of artists	1
Kinetic art	1
works by Alexander Calder	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American artist ⓘ artist ⓘ human ⓘ sculptor ⓘ
causeOfDeath	heart attack ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1898-07-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1976-11-11 ⓘ
educatedAt	Art Students League of New York ⓘ Stevens Institute of Technology ⓘ
familyName	Alexander Calder self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Calder
father	Alexander Stirling Calder ⓘ
fieldOfWork	abstract art ⓘ kinetic art ⓘ sculpture ⓘ
fullName	Alexander Calder self-link ⓘ
givenName	Alexander ⓘ
grandfather	Alexander Milne Calder ⓘ
hasGenre	abstract sculpture ⓘ kinetic sculpture ⓘ
movement	Abstract art ⓘ Alexander Calder self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Kinetic art Modern art ⓘ
notableFor	invention of the mobile ⓘ kinetic sculpture ⓘ large-scale public sculpture ⓘ stabiles ⓘ
notableWork	.125 (One Twenty-Five) ⓘ Black Widow ⓘ Cirque Calder ⓘ Alexander Calder’s The Eagle (at Olympic Sculpture Park) ⓘ surface form: Eagle (Olympic Sculpture Park) Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) ⓘ La Grande Vitesse ⓘ Lobster Trap and Fish Tail ⓘ
occupation	illustrator ⓘ painter ⓘ sculptor ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Lawnton, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
relative	Louisa James (grandniece of Henry James) ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
spouse	Louisa James Calder ⓘ
usedMaterial	metal ⓘ paint ⓘ sheet metal ⓘ wire ⓘ
workLocation	New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ Roxbury, Connecticut ⓘ

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Art Students League of New York → notableAlumni → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Ellie Awards → namedAfter → Alexander Calder ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Calder’s stabile “Elephant”

UNESCO Headquarters → hasArtworkBy → Alexander Calder ⓘ

The Phillips Collection → hasWorkBy → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Kensico Cemetery → hasNotableBurial → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Alexander Calder → fullName → Alexander Calder self-link ⓘ

Alexander Calder → familyName → Alexander Calder self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Alexander Calder → movement → Alexander Calder self-linksurface differs ⓘ

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Kykuit → notableArtistRepresented → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Alexander Stirling Calder → familyName → Alexander Calder ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calder

Alexander Stirling Calder → child → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Alexander Stirling Calder → notableFamily → Alexander Calder ⓘ

this entity surface form: Calder family of artists

Alexander Stirling Calder → notableStudent → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Roxbury, Connecticut → hasNotableResident → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Storm King Art Center → hasArtistInCollection → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) → exhibitedArtist → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Académie de la Grande Chaumière → hasNotableStudent → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Alexander Calder’s The Eagle (at Olympic Sculpture Park) → creator → Alexander Calder ⓘ

subject surface form: The Eagle (Olympic Sculpture Park)

Alexander Milne Calder → grandparentOf → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Alexander Milne Calder → influenced → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Albright-Knox Art Gallery → significantArtistInCollection → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Black Widow → creator → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Black Widow → associatedWithArtist → Alexander Calder ⓘ

stabiles → creator → Alexander Calder ⓘ

stabiles → associatedWith → Alexander Calder ⓘ

this entity surface form: American artist Alexander Calder

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Louisa James (grandniece of Henry James) → spouse → Alexander Calder ⓘ

subject surface form: Louisa James

Louisa James (grandniece of Henry James) → notableRelative → Alexander Calder ⓘ

subject surface form: Louisa James

Lobster Trap and Fish Tail → creator → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Lobster Trap and Fish Tail → artist → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Cirque Calder → creator → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Cirque Calder → artist → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Cirque Calder → influenced → Alexander Calder ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Calder’s stabiles

Cirque Calder → performancesBy → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) → creator → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) → artist → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Flamingo (Chicago sculpture) → designedBy → Alexander Calder ⓘ

La Grande Vitesse → creator → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Federal Plaza → creator → Alexander Calder ⓘ

subject surface form: Flamingo

Federal Plaza → hasArtworkBy → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Nanette Lederer Calder → child → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Nanette Lederer Calder → hasRelative → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Louisa James Calder → spouse → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Louisa James Calder → associatedWith → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Alexander Calder’s stabile “Elephant” → creator → Alexander Calder ⓘ

Alexander Calder’s stabile “Elephant” → relatedTo → Alexander Calder ⓘ

this entity surface form: Alexander Calder’s mobiles

Hart Senate Office Building → artworkBy → Alexander Calder ⓘ

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art → hasCollectionItem → Alexander Calder ⓘ

this entity surface form: works by Alexander Calder

National Museum of Western Art → hasWorkBy → Alexander Calder ⓘ