Google doodle had changed their logo today to give tribute to Alexander Calder’s 113th birthday celebration.
Alexander Calder was a famous American sculptor and artist, one of his inventions was the large sculptures called kinetic art mobile. The logo that can be seen on Google homepage was the “mobile sculpture” that Alexander Calder invented 80 years ago.
The new homepage for today of Google doodle was quite fun, it is dynamic and you can use your mouse to make it move.
In addition to Calder’s works, he was also known in creating paintings, lithographs, toys, tapestry, jewelry and household objects. He combined the work of art and science specifically in physics in making his mobile sculpture a winning piece.
For those who are not familiar with this famous contributor in both field of art and science, here is a little facts about Calder’s childhood.
Alexander was also known as “Sandy” when he was a child. He was born on July 22, 1898 in Lawnton, Pennsylvania. Both his father His father, Alexander Stirling Calder and his grandfather Alexander Milne Calder were great and well-known sculptors too. While his mother named Nanette Lederer Calder was a professional portrait painter. This explains why the young Alexander was so talented. In 1902, his father as a sculptor himself makes him as a nude model for a sculpture called The Man Cub. This famous sculpture can now be seen in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Aside from sculpture, Calder also did great things in painting starting 1920s. He painted a full-size DC-8-62 as a “flying canvas”. BMW also hired him to paint a BMW 3.0 CSL that happened to become the first vehicle in the BMW Art Car Project.
Watch this video of the new Google doodle Homepage:
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