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Alexander Calder

1898 - 1976

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Alexander "Sandy" 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 1,895,929 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Alexander Calder is the 24th most popular sculptor (down from 15th in 2019), the 724th most popular biography from United States (down from 421st 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 24 out of 258. Before him are Nicola Pisano, Marie Tussaud, Jacopo Sansovino, Luca della Robbia, Alessandro Algardi, and Giovanni Pisano. After him are Andrea Pisano, Paul Landowski, Gustav Vigeland, Leochares, Rosa Bonheur, and Antoine Bourdelle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Alexander Calder ranks 37. Before him are Willy Messerschmitt, Curzio Malaparte, Jeanne Hébuterne, Trofim Lysenko, Karl Hermann Frank, and Peng Dehuai. After him are Joris Ivens, Aloysius Stepinac, Kenji Mizoguchi, Georges Dumézil, Therese Neumann, and Latife Uşşaki. Among people deceased in 1976, Alexander Calder ranks 29. Before him are Leopold Ružička, Zhu De, Raymond Queneau, Choe Yong-gon, Trofim Lysenko, and Gustav Heinemann. After him are Rudolf Bultmann, Juscelino Kubitschek, Dalton Trumbo, Benjamin Graham, Lars Onsager, and Émile Benveniste.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alexander Calder ranks 724 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Nozick (1938), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Warren Beatty (1937), Karl Malden (1912), Walter Hill (1942), and Buckminster Fuller (1895). After him are Danny Glover (1946), Mel Brooks (1926), John Lithgow (1945), Donald Rumsfeld (1932), Rosalynn Carter (1927), and Vera Rubin (1928).

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Among SCULPTORS In United States

Among sculptors born in United States, Alexander Calder ranks 1. After him are Robert Smithson (1938), Isamu Noguchi (1904), Robert Morris (1931), Dan Flavin (1933), Anna Coleman Ladd (1878), Walter De Maria (1935), Jacob Epstein (1880), Dennis Oppenheim (1938), Audrey Munson (1891), Edmonia Lewis (1844), and Duane Hanson (1925).

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