![]() ![]() In 1946, Paris' Galerie Louis Carre organized another important exhibition of Calder's work, for which Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a landmark catalog essay. In 1943, Calder was honored as the youngest artist ever to have a retrospective exhibition at the art world's most prestigious venue, New York's Museum of Modern Art. He created Constellations, a series of airy three-dimensional stabiles of wire and carved wooden abstract shapes. He also continued making sculpture, primarily using wood instead of metal due to supply shortages. In 1939, The Museum of Modern Art commissioned Calder to create the large mobile Lobster Trap and Fish Tail.ĭuring World War II, Calder made many brightly colored gouache paintings. He held exhibitions and executed commissions across Europe, finally returning again to the U.S. Through the end of the 1930's he continued to stage performances of Calder's Circus. Concurrently, Calder began making sets and costumes for theatrical productions by dancer Martha Graham and composer Erik Satie, work that he continued throughout his career. The artist moved to Connecticut in 1933, where he sought space to create ever-larger hanging works and outdoor sculptures. On one of his many transatlantic boat trips he met Louisa James, who he married in 1931. Calder moved frequently from studio to studio and between New York and Paris. He continued jewelry work throughout his career, primarily making necklaces, rings, brooches, and bracelets for friends. In 1929, Calder began producing jewelry with the same wire he used in his sculpture. In Paris, Calder met Joan Miró, who became an important influence and close friend. He became popular in the art world for his Calder's Circus performances during which he set in motion the many different characters and animals he had created. He also began using wire to produce linear portraits and figurative sculptures. Once there, he began making the moving toys and figures that would become Calder's Circus(1926-31). In 1926, after showing paintings at The Artists' Gallery in New York he moved to Paris. An assignment to illustrate acts at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus led to his interest in the circus. The next year he studied painting at the Arts Students League (1923-1926), with John Sloan and George Luks while working as an illustrator for the National Police Gazette. In 1922, he took evening drawing classes at the 42 nd Street New York Public School. ![]() “After my MA research paper Contemporary Lithuanian Artists: Career Possibilities was published I founded a gallery of my own, focusing on an individual approach to each artist based on the particularity of their oeuvre, and thus gained trust and respect of most prominent Lithuanian artists”.After graduating from college, Calder tried many jobs: automotive engineer, draftsman and map-colorist, steam boat stoker, and hydraulics engineer among them. The works of the represented artists are included in the collections of Lithuanian museums and art foundations, and are in high demand among Lithuanian art collectors.Ĭontour Art Gallery was established by economist and art critic Vilma Mačianskaitė. They are published in the gallery’s YouTube channel. We have been producing a series of our exhibition video documentaries since 2020. Showing the work of the best Lithuanian artists internationally and building careers for talented young artists step-by-step are the main objectives of Contour Art Gallery. ![]() ![]() We held exhibitions in the constantly changing places what creates new contexts for the artists’ ideas. Contour Art Gallery represents most prominent Lithuanian artists since 2016. ![]()
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