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Alexander Stirling Calder

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Alexander Stirling Calder (1870 - 1945) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, California, New York.  Alexander Calder is known for Monumental sculpture.

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 Alexander Stirling Calder was a sculptor working in the Beaux-Arts* style.  The son of Alexander Milne Calder, and the father of Alexander (Sandy) Calder, he was born in Philadelphia.  At the age of sixteen, he enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts*, where he studied drawing with Thomas Eakins.  In 1890 he left to study at the Academie Julian* in Paris under Henri Chapu and with Alexandre Falguiere at Ecole des Beaux-Arts*, Paris, France.

Calder returned to Philadelphia after two years in Paris and began to produce figurative work and portraits.  In 1903, he became an instructor at the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art.

After moving to New York City in 1910, he taught at National Academy of Design*, and later at the Art Student's League*.  Calder received national recognition, and by 1915, was directing the entire sculptural program for the Panama-Pacific Exposition* in San Francisco.  His finest   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3256 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  44
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2 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Alexander Stirling Calder
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art-Talk Contemporary Auctions Set Artist December 2002 Editors, ART-TALK Yes
Art & Auction The Art Show February 2000 Adams, Rebecca Knapp Yes
44 Book References for Alexander Stirling Calder
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)		 The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Dearinger, David B. Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925 672 Yes
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.		 1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers) 0 No
1998 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media 560 Yes
1996 Barbara and Peter Toohil Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know… 363 Yes
1995 Luftschein, Susan One Hundred Years of American Medallic Art, 1845-1945: The John E. Marqusee Collection: Herbert F. Johnson Museum
(Exhibition catalog)		 98 No
1994 Reynolds, Donald Martin Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium 275 Yes
1993 Carr, Carolyn K Revisiting the White City American Art at the 1893 World's Fair
(Exhibition catalog)		 408 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950
(Exhibition catalog)		 622 No
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 1117 No
1990 Fink, Lois Marie; Albert Boime, Forward; Elizabeth Broun, Preface American Art at the Nineteenth Century Paris Salons 430 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
(Exhibition catalog)		 538 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1987 Hayes, Margaret Calder Three Alexander Calders: A Family Memoir 0 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Craven, Wayne Sculpture in America (new and revised edition) 782 No
1984 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall Southern California Art Publication 3, Dictionary 291 No
1984 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present 656 No
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1983 Contreras, Belasario R Tradition and Innovation in New Deal Art 253 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1981 Rugoff, Milton The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art 669 Yes
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc) 730 No
1979 Perlman, Bennard B The Immortal Eight American Painting from Eakins to the Armory Show 224 Yes
1978 Fink, Lois Marie Academy The Academic Tradition in American Art 62 Yes
1978 Hornung, Clarence Pearson The American Eagle in Art & Design 321 Examples 113 Yes
1976 Armstrong, Tom 200 Years of American Sculpture
(Exhibition catalog)		 336 Yes
1975 Fink, Lois M/Joshua Taylor Academy The Academic Tradition in American Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 272 No
1973 Broder, Patricia Janis; Harold McCracken (Intro) Bronzes of the American West 429 Yes
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1968 McLanathan, Richard The American Tradition in the Arts 492 No
1955 Pennsylvania Academy One Hundred Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition 1955
(Exhibition catalog)		 153 No
1954 Clark, Eliot History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953 296 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1933 Harshe, Robert (Introduction) A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)		 215 No
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
1915 Walter, John; Pedro Lemos Panama-Pacific Exposition: Catalogue of the Post-Exposition Exhibit 112 No
1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition (Editor) Official Catalogue of Exhibitors Department B, Art
(Exhibition catalog)		 281 No
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