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| Alexander (Sandy) Calder 
	American  1898 -1976 
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| Born: | 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States 
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	| Studied: | 
	
		Stevens Institute of Technology    Art Students League, New York City 1923   Academie de la Grande Chaumiere  
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| Examples of Work: | 
    Art Institute of Chicago    Guggenheim Museum, New York City    Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York    Museum of Modern Art, New York City    Philadelphia Museum of Art    Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC    Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago    Museum of Western Art, Moscow    UNESCO Building, Paris  
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| Specialty: | 
    Sculptor   Painter 
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	| Style/School: | 
	
		Abstract
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	| Subjects Known For: | 
	
		Mobiles
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	| Memberships: | 
	
		National Institute of Arts and Letters  
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		Alexander Calder was a sculptor of international renown. Born in Philadelphia, he grew up in an artistic family; both his father and his grandfather were accomplished and dedicated sculptors, who created heroically scaled ... 	
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