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Alexander CALDER  -  1898-1976      

Alexander Calder, born in Philadelphia in 1898, worked as a painter, sculptor and printmaker. From 1915 to 1918 he studied in New York at an engineering collage and later worked as an engineer for 5 years. His art works were exibited at the world exibitions in Paris 1937 and New York 1938. Today his works can be found in all renowned museums all over the world.

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs