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.

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	Calder →
father	Alexander Stirling Calder →
fieldOfWork	abstract art → kinetic art → sculpture →
fullName	Alexander Calder →
givenName	Alexander →
grandfather	Alexander Milne Calder →
hasGenre	abstract sculpture → kinetic sculpture →
movement	Abstract art → 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 → 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, 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 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Calder ("Calder") → Alexander Stirling Calder ("Calder") →	familyName
Alexander Stirling Calder →	child
The Eagle (Olympic Sculpture Park) →	creator
Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937) →	exhibitedArtist
Alexander Calder →	fullName
Storm King Art Center →	hasArtistInCollection
UNESCO Headquarters →	hasArtworkBy
Kensico Cemetery →	hasNotableBurial
Roxbury, Connecticut →	hasNotableResident
Académie de la Grande Chaumière →	hasNotableStudent
The Phillips Collection →	hasWorkBy
Alexander Calder ("Kinetic art") →	movement
Ellie Awards ("Alexander Calder’s stabile “Elephant”") →	namedAfter
Art Students League of New York →	notableAlumni
Kykuit →	notableArtistRepresented
Alexander Stirling Calder ("Calder family of artists") →	notableFamily
Alexander Stirling Calder →	notableStudent