Calder

American  

[kawl-der] / ˈkɔl dər /

noun

1. Alexander, 1898–1976, U.S. sculptor; originator of mobiles.

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Calder British  

/ ˈkɔːldə /

noun

1. Alexander. 1898–1976, US sculptor, who originated mobiles and stabiles (moving or static abstract sculptures, generally suspended from wire).

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Example Sentences

But it was one that quickly paid off with Robitaille recording 191 points in his final junior season, then scoring 45 goals and winning the Calder Trophy in his first NHL campaign.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 12, 2026

The families worked closely at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where they funded a major expansion and filled its rooms with their Warhol paintings and Calder mobiles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

But they have also been used in smaller towns like Dumfries and Dingwall - and one was once imposed on an entire village, Mid Calder in West Lothian.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Masson, like many of the most persuasive artists in “Dreamworld”—Picasso, Arp, André Kertész, Calder, Dorothea Tanning—engaged for a time with innovative Surrealist ideas but, evolving, didn’t forever worship at the altar of the absurd.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

Calder had stopped chewing and was staring at her.

From "Chasing Vermeer" by Blue Balliett