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Alexander Calder

1898 - 1976

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Alexander Calder (; July 22, 1898 – November 11, 1976) was an American sculptor known both for his innovative mobiles (kinetic sculptures powered by motors or air currents) that embrace chance in their aesthetic, his static "stabiles", and his monumental public sculptures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Calder has received more than 1,788,759 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 47 in 2019). Alexander Calder is the 15th most popular sculptor (up from 16th in 2019), the 421st most popular biography from United States (down from 395th in 2019) and the most popular American Sculptor.

Alexander Calder is most famous for his mobiles, which are sculptures that hang from the ceiling and move with the air currents.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Alexander Calder ranks 15 out of 189Before him are Lysippos, Lorenzo Ghiberti, Antonio Canova, Constantin Brâncuși, Bertel Thorvaldsen, and Scopas. After him are Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, Giambologna, Marie Tussaud, Henry Moore, Lars Vilks, and Jacopo Sansovino.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Alexander Calder ranks 19Before him are William James Sidis, Herbert Marcuse, Liu Shaoqi, C. S. Lewis, Tamara de Lempicka, and Trofim Lysenko. After him are Gunnar Myrdal, Hans Krebs, Rodion Malinovsky, Henry Moore, Leo Szilard, and Isidor Isaac Rabi. Among people deceased in 1976, Alexander Calder ranks 19Before him are André Malraux, Trofim Lysenko, Man Ray, Benjamin Britten, Henrik Dam, and J. Paul Getty. After him are Ulrike Meinhof, Joachim Peiper, Benjamin Graham, Jacques Monod, Anneliese Michel, and Eyvind Johnson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Calder ranks 421 out of 18,182Before him are Millard Fillmore (1800), Black Dahlia (1924), Gertrude Stein (1874), Dwayne Johnson (1972), Harold Ramis (1944), and Colin Powell (1937). After him are John Tyler (1790), Israel Kamakawiwoʻole (1959), Albert Fish (1870), William G. Morgan (1870), Caitlyn Jenner (1949), and Mike Tyson (1966).

Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Alexander Calder ranks 1After him are Isamu Noguchi (1904), Robert Smithson (1938), Dan Flavin (1933), Walter De Maria (1935), Robert Morris (1931), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Duane Hanson (1925), Jacob Epstein (1880), Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875), and Audrey Munson (1891).