Claes Oldenburg
1929–2022
Introduction
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. Many of his works were made in collaboration with his wife, Coosje van Bruggen, who died in 2009; they had been married for 32 years. Oldenburg lived and worked in New York City.
Wikidata identifier
Q156731
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Introduction
Claes Oldenburg studied literature and art history at Yale University and the Art Institute of Chicago. He quickly became involved in performance art after moving to New York and meeting many performance artists. By 1959, he had created drawings and collages of common objects and renderings of grotesque human figures. He created The Store in his studio, a performance space that re-created a neighborhood of shops that displayed goods that were made of plaster. He emerged as a leading Pop artist, combining consumer culture into his own sculptures. Oldenburg married artist Coosje van Bruggen in 1977. The two collaborated on many large-scale projects together and with architect Frank O. Gehry in the mid-1970s and early 1990s.
Country of birth
Sweden
Roles
Artist, painter, performance artist, sculptor, writer
ULAN identifier
500029735
Names
Claes Oldenburg, Claes Thure Oldenburg, Ḳlaʼes Oldenberg
Information from the Getty Research Institute's Union List of Artist Names ® (ULAN), made available under the ODC Attribution License. Accessed March 30, 2024.
123 works
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Proposed Colossal Underground Monument - Drainpipe
1967 -
Small Monument for a London Street - Fallen Hat (for Adlai Stevenson)
1967 -
Small Monument for a London Street - Fallen Hat (for Adlai Stevenson)
1967 -
Looking up Two Girls at Expo '67, Looking at a Giant Baseball Bat, in Fuller Sphere
1967 -
Hole
1967 -
Drum Pedal (Maquette)
1967 -
Proposed Colossal Monument for Battersea Park, London, Drum Set
1966, printed 1969 -
Giant Saw-Soft Version (Saw-Flag)
1966 -
Soft Toilet
1966 -
Banana
1966 -
"Capric" - Adapted to a Monument for a Park
1966 -
Proposal for a Monument in a London Park in the Form of an Electric Shaver, with Cord
1966 -
Soft Drainpipe (drawn for Catalogue of Dine - Oldenburg - Segal group show at the Art Gallery of Ontario)
1966 -
Proposed Colossal Monument For Toronto - Drainpipe, View from Lake
1966 -
Various Positions of Giant Lipstick to Replace the Fountain of Eros, Piccadilly Circus, London
1966 -
Soft Dormeyer Mixer
1965 -
Baked Potato, Thrown in Corner, under Light Bulb
1965 -
Proposed Colossal Monument for Lower East Side - Ironing Board
1965 -
Ketchup, Thick and Thin - from a N.Y.C. Billboard
1965 -
Proposed Colossal Monument for Central Park North, N.Y.C. - Teddy Bear
1965 -
Proposed Colossal Monument for Park Avenue, N.Y.C. - Good Humor Bar
1965 -
Proposed Colossal Monument for Ellis Island - Shrimp
1965 -
Sketch of the Airflow, from a Snapshot (Front End)
1965 -
Study of Fan Blades
1965 -
Study of a Silex Juicit
1965 -
Study for a Soft Toilet
1965 -
The Airflow - Top and Bottom, Front, Back and Sides, To be Folded into a Box (Study for Cover of Art News)
1965 mounted and resigned 1972 -
Study for a Soft Sculpture in the Form of an Airflow Instrument Panel, Wheel, Gearshift, Etc.
1965, signed 1967 -
Birth of the Flag I, II
1965, edited 1974 -
Plan for Sculpture in the Form of Wall Switches
1964
123 works