Claes Oldenburg

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Pop Art artist artist person sculptor

Claes Oldenburg was a Swedish-American sculptor best known for his large-scale public installations that transform everyday objects into monumental, often humorous works of Pop Art.

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Label Occurrences
Claes Oldenburg canonical 17
Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen 2
Sculptures by Claes Oldenburg 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pop Art artist ⓘ
artist ⓘ
person ⓘ
sculptor ⓘ
awardReceived Rolf Schock Prizes ⓘ
surface form: Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts
birthCountry Sweden ⓘ
birthDate 1929-01-28 ⓘ
birthPlace Stockholm ⓘ
collaboratedWith Coosje van Bruggen ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Sweden ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2022-07-18 ⓘ
educatedAt Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
familyName Oldenburg ⓘ
field installation art ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
genre Pop sculpture ⓘ
public art ⓘ
givenName Claes ⓘ
hasWorkInCollection Art Institute of Chicago ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
Whitney Museum of American Art ⓘ
influenced contemporary public sculpture ⓘ
influencedBy Dada ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Swedish ⓘ
movement Pop art ⓘ
surface form: Pop Art
name Claes Oldenburg self-link ⓘ
nationality Swedish-American ⓘ
notableFor humorous monumental works ⓘ
large-scale public sculptures of everyday objects ⓘ
notableWork Clothespin ⓘ
Dropped Cone ⓘ
Floor Burger ⓘ
Giant Three-Way Plug ⓘ
Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks ⓘ
Spoonbridge and Cherry ⓘ
Typewriter Eraser, Scale X ⓘ
occupation sculptor ⓘ
visual artist ⓘ
spouse Coosje van Bruggen ⓘ
style humor in art ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
use of everyday objects ⓘ
workLocation City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Los Angeles ⓘ
New York City ⓘ

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The Phillips Collection → hasWorkBy → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Pop art → associatedWithArtist → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Jeff Koons → influencedBy → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Shuttlecocks → creator → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Shuttlecocks → artisticCollaboration → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Shuttlecocks → category → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sculptures by Claes Oldenburg
Storm King Art Center → hasArtistInCollection → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles → hasCollectionItem → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
this entity surface form: works by Claes Oldenburg
Claes Oldenburg → name → Claes Oldenburg self-link ⓘ
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden → creator → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
subject surface form: Spoonbridge and Cherry
Cupid's Span sculpture → creator → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
subject surface form: Cupid's Span
Cupid's Span sculpture → artist → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
subject surface form: Cupid's Span
Cupid's Span sculpture → isArtworkByDuo → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
subject surface form: Cupid's Span
this entity surface form: Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen
Sculptures by Coosje van Bruggen → frequentCollaborator → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Neo-Dada → hasKeyArtist → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Rincon Park → artworkBy → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Coosje van Bruggen → spouse → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Coosje van Bruggen → collaboratedWith → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
National Museum of Western Art → hasWorkBy → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Happenings → notableArtist → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ
Hoge Veluwe sculpture garden → hasNotableArtist → Claes Oldenburg ⓘ