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The Boca Raton Museum of Art

The Boca Raton Museum of Art. Alexander Calder. American, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1898-1976). Sculptor Painter Illustrator Printmaker Designer Surrealist Abstract artist. Wire Sculpture. Calder bent and twisted pieces of wire to form miniature sculptures.

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The Boca Raton Museum of Art

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  1. The Boca Raton Museum of Art

  2. Alexander Calder American, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1898-1976) • Sculptor • Painter • Illustrator • Printmaker • Designer • Surrealist • Abstract artist

  3. Wire Sculpture Calder bent and twisted pieces of wire to form miniature sculptures. Use your finger to trace the shape and the direction of the wire. Describe the lines in this piece. Did you use words like: • Curved • Wavy • Circular • Squiggly • Vertical • Horizontal • Diagonal • Straight? The Hostess, 1928 Steel wire, 11 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 11 7/8 inches Gift of Edward M.M. Warburg 319.1941 Museum of Modern Art

  4. Artist’s Purpose Why do you suppose Calder chose this cow to be the subject of his sculpture? What animal might you choose to depict in a work of art? Vache (Cow), 1929 Brass wire, 16 x 24 inches Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 60.240a-b Purchased by the MFA from Paul D. Nelson

  5. Texture Texture is the surface quality or “feel” of an object. Describe the texture of this work of art. • hard • smooth • soft • rough 4 Woods (Diana), circa 1934 Walnut with steel pins, iron base, 30 1/2 x 17 3/4 x 19 1/4 inches Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 60.956 Frederick Brown Fund, 1960

  6. Mobiles - Kinetic Art Mobiles are three-dimensional works that move. Describe the shapes. Vertical Constellation with Bomb, 1943 Painted steel wire, painted wood and wood National Gallery of Art Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus G. Perls 1996.120.8

  7. Color and Emotions Describe the colors and express how they make you feel. Spiral Composition, 1946 Gouache on paper, 17 5/8 x 20 inches Gift of the Joseph H. Hirshhorn Foundation, 1966 HirshhornMuseum and Sculpture Garden 66.781

  8. This mobile reminds me of ... flowers lily pads the solar system frisbees Red Lily Pads, 1956 Painted sheet metal, metal rods and wire, 42 x 201 x 109 inches Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 65.1737

  9. Another Mobile What do you think is the subject of this work? Two White Dots in the Air, 1958 Painted metal and steel wire, 100 inches in length Gift from the Joseph Cantor Collection 1987.89Indianapolis Museum of Art

  10. Steel Sculpture Does this sculpture appear to be moving or standing still? Does it seem inviting or distant? What color would you have painted the steel? Calder created the word stabile for this type of sculpture. He believed this type of sculpture was like his mobiles with the only difference being that the sculptures are stable or stationary. Sky Hooks, circa 1962 Painted steel, 103 x 83 x 92 inches HirshhornMuseum and Sculpture Garden Gift of Mrs. Jerome L. Greene, 2001

  11. Colors and Shapes Count and identify the different colors and shapes in this painting. Composition with Circles, 1966 Gouache on paper, 22 3/4 x 30 1/2 inches BRMA Permanent Collection 2005.4.1 Gift of Dr. Stewart and Jane Perlow in memory of Dr. Jack and Sylvia Perlow

  12. FORM Form is the physical aspects of a work such as mass or volume. How many different shapes do you see? What kinds of animals does this piece bring to mind? The Hawk for Peace, 1968 Painted steel, 156 x 132 1/2 x 276 inches Gift of Alexander Calder in memory of Kenneth Aurand Hayes Berkeley Art Museum

  13. Papillon What do you think a papillon is? Can you determine the definition just by looking at this work? Papillon, 1975 Color lithograph, 25.4 x 38.5 inches Gift of Dr. J. David Bernard 1979.1.82 Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco

  14. Calder Info Calder’s parents were both artists. His father was a sculptor and his mother was a painter. As a young boy, Sandy was always making toys out of wire, cloth, and string for himself and his sister, Peggy. In his first job as an illustrator for a magazine, he was assigned to make drawings of the circus. Calder was famous for creating mobiles that were motor driven. His later mobiles were wind driven which enabled the sculptural parts to move independently. “Above all, art should be fun.” Alexander Calder "Mother and Father were all for my efforts to build things myself -- they approved of the homemade." Alexander Calder from Calder: An Autobiography with Pictures, 1966.

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