Archive
See highlights from 1937–1945 on the timeline Public Commissions and the War
1937
Antheil Gallery, Hollywood, California. 1937.
Solo ExhibitionKunsthalle Basel. Konstruktivisten. 16 January–14 February 1937.
Group ExhibitionPierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder: Stabiles & Mobiles. 23 February–13 March 1937.
Solo ExhibitionPavillon de la République Espagnole, Paris. L’Exposition Internationale. 24 May–26 November 1937.
Group ExhibitionHonolulu Academy of Arts, Hawaii. Fantastic Art: Miró and Calder. 1–15 June 1937.
Group ExhibitionLondon Gallery, London. Constructive Art. July 1937.
Group ExhibitionMusée du Jeu de Paume, Paris. Origines et développement de l’art international indépendant. 30 July–31 October 1937.
Group ExhibitionArtek Gallery, Helsinki. Fernand Léger / Alexander Calder. 29 November–12 December 1937.
Group ExhibitionThe Mayor Gallery, London. Calder: Mobiles and Stabiles. 1–24 December 1937.
Solo Exhibition1938
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Tentoonstelling Abstracte Kunst. 2–24 April 1938.
Group ExhibitionGalerie Guggenheim Jeune, London. Exhibition of Contemporary Sculpture: Brancusi, Laurens, Pevsner, Henry Moore, Duchamp-Villon, Hans Arp, Calder, Taeuber-Arp. 8 April–2 May 1938.
Group ExhibitionKatharine Kuh Gallery, Chicago. May 1938.
Group ExhibitionMusée du Jeu de Paume, Paris. Trois siècles d’art aux États-Unis. 24 May–31 July 1938.
Group ExhibitionGeorge Walter Vincent Smith Gallery, Springfield, Massachusetts. Calder Mobiles. 8–27 November 1938.
Solo ExhibitionArtek Gallery, Helsinki. Alexander Calder: Jewelry. December 1938.
Solo Exhibition1939
São Paulo, Brazil. III Salão de Maio. 1939.
Group ExhibitionDivision of Decorative Arts, Department of Fine Arts, San Francisco. Golden Gate International Exposition, Decorative Arts. 18 February–29 October 1939.
Group ExhibitionFlushing Meadows–Corona Park (Rohm and Haas, Hall of Industrial Science), New York. New York World’s Fair. 30 April–26 October 1939.
Group ExhibitionPierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder Mobiles–Stabiles. 9–27 May 1939.
Solo ExhibitionThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Art in Our Time: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition. 10 May–30 September 1939.
Group Exhibition1940
New York University, New York. Museum of Living Art; A. E. Gallatin Collection. 1940.
Group ExhibitionArchitectural League of New York. Versus. 5 March 1940.
Group ExhibitionPierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder. 14 May–1 June 1940.
Solo ExhibitionPhiladelphia Museum of Art in collaboration with Fairmount Park Art Association. Second International Exhibition of Sculpture. 18 May–1 October 1940.
Group ExhibitionDivision of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Department of Fine Arts, San Francisco. Golden Gate International Exposition, Contemporary Art. 25 May–29 September 1940.
Group ExhibitionMarianne Oswald: Poetry of the Streets (1940). Selection of poetry by Jacques Prévert, Jean Cocteau, Gaston Bonheur, Jean Nohian, Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes, Jean Lenoir, and Georges Henri Clouzat; mobile accompaniment by Calder. Performed at Little Chanin Theater, New York, 6 June 1940.
Theatrical PerformanceHome of Mr. and Mrs. Wallace K. Harrison, Huntington, Long Island. 11–14 October 1940.
Solo ExhibitionWillard Gallery, New York. Calder Jewelry. 3–25 December 1940.
Solo ExhibitionInstitute of Modern Art, Boston. Plastics 1940. 20 December 1940–12 January 1941.
Group ExhibitionBuchholz Gallery, New York. Exhibition of American Sculpture To-Day. 30 December 1940–18 January 1941.
Group Exhibition1941
Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts. American Plastics 1941. 20 January–20 February 1941. Originated from Institute of Modern Art, Boston.
Group ExhibitionThe Arts and Crafts Club of New Orleans. Alexander Calder: Mobiles / Jewelry and Fernand Léger: Gouaches / Drawings. 28 March–11 April 1941.
Group ExhibitionPierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Alexander Calder: Recent Works. 27 May–14 June 1941.
Solo ExhibitionDesign Project, Los Angeles. Calder: Mobiles, Stabiles, Jewelry / A Few Paintings by Paul Klee. 27 September–27 October 1941.
Group ExhibitionMontclair Art Museum, New Jersey. Twentieth-Century Sculpture and Constructions. 2–26 October 1941.
Group ExhibitionSan Francisco Museum of Art. Mobiles by Alexander Calder, Stabiles and Jewelry. 4–19 November 1941.
Solo ExhibitionOutlines Gallery, Pittsburgh. 16 November 1941–March 1942.
Group ExhibitionWillard Gallery, New York. Calder Jewelry. 8–25 December 1941.
Solo Exhibition1942
The Arts Club of Chicago. Nine American Artists. 3–28 February 1942.
Group ExhibitionVassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York. Joan Miró–Alexander Calder. 7–28 March 1942.
Group ExhibitionThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. A Children’s Festival of Modern Art. 11 March–10 May 1942.
Group ExhibitionHelena Rubinstein New Art Center, New York. Masters of Abstract Art. 1 April–15 May 1942.
Group ExhibitionCincinnati Art Museum. Paintings by Paul Klee and Mobiles and Stabiles by Alexander Calder. 7 April–3 May 1942.
Group ExhibitionPierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder: Recent Work. 19 May–12 June 1942.
Solo ExhibitionSolomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, Museum of Non-Objective Painting, New York. Fifth Anniversary Exhibition. 25 June–October 1942.
Group ExhibitionCoordinating Council of French Relief Societies, Whitelaw Reid Mansion, New York. First Papers of Surrealism. 14 October–7 November 1942.
Group ExhibitionFrance Forever, Washington, D.C. Calder. 14 October–1 November 1942.
Group ExhibitionThe Arts Club of Chicago. Installation of Red Petals. 16 October 1942.
Installation / Dedication CeremonyThe Arts Club of Chicago. Calder Drawings. 6–27 November 1942.
Solo ExhibitionWhitney Museum of American Art, New York. Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art. 24 November 1942–6 January 1943.
Group ExhibitionWillard Gallery, New York. Calder Drawings. 1–24 December 1942. Originated from the Arts Club of Chicago.
Solo ExhibitionThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Artists for Victory: An Exhibition of Contemporary American Art. 7 December 1942–22 February 1943.
Group Exhibition1943
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Arts in Therapy. 2 February–7 March 1943.
Group ExhibitionPierre Matisse Gallery, New York. Calder: Constellationes. 18 May–5 June 1943.
Solo ExhibitionAddison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts. 17 Mobiles by Alexander Calder. 28 May–6 July 1943.
Solo ExhibitionThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Alexander Calder: Sculptures and Constructions. 29 September 1943–16 January 1944.
Solo ExhibitionWhitney Museum of American Art, New York. Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Art. 23 November 1943–4 January 1944.
Group ExhibitionArt of This Century, New York. Natural, Insane, Surrealist Art. 1–31 December 1943.
Group ExhibitionThe Arts Club of Chicago. Jewelry by Alexander Calder. 3–27 December 1943.
Solo Exhibition1944
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Modern Drawings. 16 February–16 April 1944.
Group ExhibitionMortimer Brandt, New York. Color and Space in Modern Art Since 1900. 19 February–18 March 1944.
Group ExhibitionFrance Forever, Washington, D.C. Calder: Paintings, Mobiles, Stabiles and Jewelry. 27 March–9 April 1944.
Solo ExhibitionThe Renaissance Society of the University of Chicago. Drawings by Contemporary Artists. 20 May–19 June 1944.
Group ExhibitionThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Art in Progress: The Fifteenth Anniversary of the Museum of Modern Art. 23 May–7 October 1944.
Group ExhibitionThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. Hayter and Studio 17: New Directions in Gravure. 28 June–17 September 1944.
Group ExhibitionSan Francisco Museum of Art. Abstract and Surrealist Art in the United States. 6–24 September 1944.
Group ExhibitionArt Center Gallery, University of Indiana, Bloomington. Sculpture by Robert Laurent and Others. 4–31 October 1944.
Group ExhibitionBuchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York. Recent Work by Alexander Calder. 28 November–23 December 1944.
Solo ExhibitionJulien Levy Gallery, New York. The Imagery of Chess: A Group Exhibition of Paintings, Sculpture, Newly Designed Chessmen, Music, and Miscellany. 12 December 1944–31 January 1945.
Group ExhibitionSan Francisco Museum of Art. Alexander Calder: Watercolors. 28 December 1944–16 January 1945.
Solo Exhibition1945
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Sculpture, Watercolors, and Drawings. 3 January–8 February 1945.
Group ExhibitionBuchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York. Recent Work by American Sculptors. 6–24 February 1945.
Group ExhibitionThe Museum of Modern Art, New York. First Exhibition of the Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture. 19 June–4 November 1945.
Group ExhibitionSanta Barbara Museum of Art, California. Contemporary Sculpture. August 1945.
Group ExhibitionBerkshire Museum, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Painting and Sculpture by Outstanding Berkshire Artists. 3–31 August 1945.
Group ExhibitionSamuel M. Kootz Gallery, New York. Gay, Fantastic Gouaches by Calder. 10 September–6 October 1945.
Solo ExhibitionBuchholz Gallery/Curt Valentin, New York. Alexander Calder. 13 November–1 December 1945.
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