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CALDER Alexander
(1898-1976)
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| Alexander CALDER, a few dates |
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| 1898 |
born in Philadelphia |
| 1923 |
joins the Art Students League in New York |
| 1926 |
first show of the calder circus in Paris |
| 1930 |
meets Piet Mondrian |
| 1931 |
joins the Abstraction-Création movement |
| 1932 |
exhibits sculptures qualified as "mobiles" by Marcel Duchamp, it is the beginning of his career |
| 1952 |
receives the main price of the Venice Biennial |
| 1958 |
realizes La Spirale, a monumental mobile for the UNESCO in Paris |
| 1976 |
died in New York |
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