Claes Oldenburg
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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.
Aliases (3)
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| instanceOf |
Pop Art artist
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artist → person → sculptor → |
| awardReceived |
Rolf Schock Prize in Visual Arts
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| birthCountry |
Sweden
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| birthDate |
1929-01-28
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| birthPlace |
Stockholm
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| collaboratedWith |
Coosje van Bruggen
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| countryOfCitizenship |
Sweden
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United States of America → |
| deathDate |
2022-07-18
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| educatedAt |
Art Institute of Chicago
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Yale University NERFINISHED → |
| familyName |
Oldenburg
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| field |
installation art
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sculpture → |
| genre |
Pop sculpture
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public art → |
| givenName |
Claes
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| hasWorkInCollection |
Art Institute of Chicago
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Museum of Modern Art NERFINISHED → Whitney Museum of American Art NERFINISHED → |
| influenced |
contemporary public sculpture
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| influencedBy |
Dada
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Surrealism NERFINISHED → |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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Swedish → |
| movement |
Pop Art
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| name |
Claes Oldenburg
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| nationality |
Swedish-American
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| notableFor |
humorous monumental works
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large-scale public sculptures of everyday objects → |
| notableWork |
Clothespin
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Dropped Cone NERFINISHED → Floor Burger NERFINISHED → Giant Three-Way Plug NERFINISHED → Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks NERFINISHED → Spoonbridge and Cherry NERFINISHED → Typewriter Eraser, Scale X NERFINISHED → |
| occupation |
sculptor
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visual artist → |
| spouse |
Coosje van Bruggen
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| style |
humor in art
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monumental scale → use of everyday objects → |
| workLocation |
Chicago
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Los Angeles → New York City → |
Referenced by (8)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Shuttlecocks
("Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen")
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artisticCollaboration |
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Pop art
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Shuttlecocks
("Sculptures by Claes Oldenburg")
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Shuttlecocks
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creator |
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Storm King Art Center
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hasArtistInCollection |
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
("works by Claes Oldenburg")
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hasCollectionItem |
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The Phillips Collection
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hasWorkBy |
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Jeff Koons
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influencedBy |