Interactive and animated Google doodles have now become a regular feature on the Google home page. The last such doodle was during the total lunar eclipse of June 15 &16 when Google put up its first live doodle that refreshed itself every two minutes to reflect the stage of the moon.
Alexander Calder born on July 22 1898 in Lawnton, US to a family of artists. While his father and grandfather were both sculptors & his mother was a painter.
Calder was also a jewellery designer an interest that developed when he was fashioning a wedding ring for his marriage with Louisa Cushing James. Besides his sculptures, Calder also illustrated a number of books. Besides mobiles he also earned a name with stabiles a type of stationary abstract sculptures.
Calder also scaled up the size of his mobile and stabile installations. Calder died at the age of 78 on November 11, 1976. Two months after his death Calder was honoured with United States' highest civilian honour the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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