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  2. Alexander Calder - Wikipedia

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    Alexander "Sandy" Calder was born in 1898 in Lawnton, Pennsylvania. [3] His birthdate remains a source of confusion. According to Calder's mother, Nanette (née Lederer), Calder was born on August 22, yet his birth certificate at Philadelphia City Hall, based on a hand-written ledger, stated July 22.

  3. Alexander Stirling Calder - Wikipedia

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    Swann Memorial Fountain (1920–1924), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1892, he returned to Philadelphia and began his career as a sculptor in earnest. His first major commission, won in a national competition, was for a larger-than-life-size statue of Dr. Samuel Gross (1895–97) for the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Calder replicated the pose of Dr. Gross from Eakins's 1875 painting The ...

  4. Calder (surname) - Wikipedia

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    Calder is a surname of Scottish origin. [1] Notable people with the surname include: Alexander Milne Calder (1846–1923), American sculptor, father of: Alexander Stirling Calder (1870–1945), American sculptor, father of: Alexander Calder (1898–1976), American sculptor, inventor of mobile sculpture

  5. Talk:Alexander Calder - Wikipedia

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    I always thought I was born—at least my mother always told me so—on August 22, 1898. But my grandfather Milne’s birthday was on August 23, so there might have been a little confusion. In 1942, when I wrote the Philadelphia City Hall for a birth certificate, I sent them a dollar and they told me I was born on the twenty-second of July, 1898.

  6. Wire sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Alexander Calder (July 22,1898–November 11,1976), an American sculptor, greatly developed the use of wire as a medium for sculpture with his kinetic and movement-based Cirque Calder, as well as pieces such as Two Acrobats, Romulus and Remus, and Hercules and Lion.

  7. List of Alexander Calder public works - Wikipedia

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    Jeune fille et sa suite (Young Woman and Her Suitors), 1970, Detroit Institute of Arts [3] The X and Its Tails, 1967, College of Creative Studies, Detroit [3]; Deux Disques (Two Discs), 1965, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park (Long-term loan from Smithsonian Institution), Grand Rapids

  8. In Bethlehem, the home of Jesus' birth, a season of grieving ...

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    Father Issa Thaljieh, a 40-year-old Greek Orthodox parish priest at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, kneels at the spot where tradition says Jesus was born.

  9. List of people from Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    Pennsylvania, the fifth-most populous state in the United States, [1] is the birthplace or childhood home of many famous Americans. People from Pennsylvania are called " Pennsylvanians ". The following is a list of notable Americans who were born in, or lived a significant portion of their lives in, Pennsylvania along with their primary ...