1898–1976

Alexander Calder

American sculptor who invented the mobile — kinetic, balanced sculpture in space — and reshaped public sculpture with monumental stabiles.

News: Chirp Company’s birdfeeders are inspired by modern and contemporary art (Wallpaper*, November 7, 2026). The father-daughter company designs birdfeeders that look to modernist and contemporary artists, from Piet Mondrian to Alexander Calder and Yayoi Kusama

News: In Postwar Rural France, Alexander Calder Found Respite from Pressures of Fame and a Chance to Dream Big (ARTnews, October 30, 2026). “He was using being there to quiet his nervous system,” Alexander S.C. Rower, the artist's grandson and president of the Calder Foundation said.