Alexander Calder (1898 - 1976)
Rouge Triumphant 1963
Pronounced: Call-dur
Art Style: Modern
Art Terms: Kinetic, Sculpture, primary colors
Activity: Draw
Materials: sharpies, paper, oil pastels
Powerpoint: Rachelle Smith made a great powerpoint, which can be found by clicking here. It contains biographical information about the artist as well as how-to for the project.
Meet the Artist: Here's a nice article that gives a brief summary of Calder's artistic life.
Discussion Ideas: Choosing one slide (Rouge Triumphant might be a good one?), begin with the discussion questions - (1) What's going on in this picture? (2) What makes you say that? (3) What more can you find?
Additional ideas you may want to bring out: (1) Calder's sculptures were called "kinetic." Kinetic is a word that means movement. Why do you think that word applies to Calder's art? (The movement of the metal is part of the art; part of what you are supposed to get when you look at the piece. How would seeing this sculpture when it was moving make it look different than when it is still?) (2) Calder often used primary colors. What are the primary colors? (red, blue, yellow). How do these colors make you feel?
Activity: For instructions, see original lesson here. (At the art show these looked awesome mounted on black paper). Rachelle's tips: have them use the sharpie to draw a line first, and then have them add shapes coming off of the main line. Then have them use primary colored oil pastels (yellow, blue, red) to fill in their shapes.
Student Work:
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