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TOYS : CALDER BEGAN TO

CREATE HIS CIRQUE CALDER, A MINIATURE CIRCUS FASHIONED FROM WIRE, STRING, RUBBER, CLOTH, AND OTHER FOUND OBJECTS.

He was a son and grandson of sculptors and his mother was a painter.

He studied mechanical engineering.

He lived between France and the United States.

He received great influence of abstract European artists as Joan Miro, Jean Arp y Piet Mondrian.

NUBES FLOTANTES (1953)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nageow9s5rq&feature=player_embedd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sY1fNdKzBjc&feature=player_embeddeded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kh3oOHuw9ac&feature=player_embedded