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Claes Oldenburg (January 28, 1929 – July 18, 2022) was a Swedish-born American sculptor best known for his public art installations, typically featuring large replicas of everyday objects. Another theme in his work is soft sculpture versions of everyday objects.
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Jul 18, 2022 · Learn about Claes Oldenburg, the American sculptor who pioneered the use of everyday objects on a magnified scale in Pop art. Explore his biography, artistic style, influences, and major works such as Pastry Case, Floor Cake, Soft Toilet, and more.
- American
- January 28, 1929
- Stockholm, Sweden
- July 18, 2022
Mar 29, 2024 · Claes Oldenburg, Swedish-born American Pop-art sculptor, best known for his giant sculptures of everyday objects. A few of his notable works include Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks and Spoonbridge and Cherry, the latter of which he collaborated on with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen.
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View all 24 artworks. Claes Oldenburg was born in 1929, a remarkable figure of American-Swedish Pop Art. Find more works of this artist at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
- American, Swedish
- January 28, 1929
- Stockholm, Sweden
Jul 18, 2022 · Claes Oldenburg, the Swedish-born American Pop artist known for his monumental sculptures of everyday objects, died on Monday at his home and studio in the SoHo section of Manhattan. He was...
Jul 18, 2022 · Associated Press. Mon 18 Jul 2022 14.32 EDT. Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin and other...
By Adam Hencz. American sculptor Claes Oldenburg was best known for his large-scale replicas of everyday objects. He believed that his colossal public art projects were more than mere celebrations of the mundane, as he is frequently associated with the Pop Art movement of the 1960s.
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