Girandola, 1972

Precisely on behalf of this in 1925 he followed some circuses and designed their performances, developing an interest in the world of circus that would accompany him throughout his life. The sculptor Alexander Calder realizes that iron is the material for him, so he begins to use it to portray prominent figures of his time. In 1928 hisfame as a sculptor and inventor was now widespread and his first solo exhibitions also arrived; he also met very famous artists and intellectuals and a visit to the studio of his friend Piet Mondrian led him to a brief phase as an abstract painter, which soon ended with a return to his beloved sculpture. In 1931 came the real turning point in his artistic career by Calder, because he created his first kinetic sculpture, which kicked off a completely new artistic genre. Later he throws himself into large-scale sculptures, a prelude to the subsequent large-scale work for public works. The shortage of materials caused by the Second World War led him increasingly to work with wood, giving rise to the series of sculptures called constellations, in which the elements carved into the wood were then anchored with wire. His career was, until the end, full of successes and great collaborations. Alexander Calder died of a heart attack in 1976.