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Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Van Bruggen

Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Van Bruggen (Born 1929 and 1942) is active/lives in Netherlands.  Claes Oldenburg Coosje Van Bruggen is known for Collaborative sculpture.

Claes Oldenburg was born in Stockholm in 1929 and he grew up in New York, Rye, Oslo and Chicago.  He studied art and English literature from 1946 until 1950 at Yale University.  Also, until 1954, he visited a course at the Art Institute in Chicago.

His early work consisted of satirical drawings and showed tendencies of Abstract Expressionism.  When Oldenburg moved to New York in 1956, he came into touch with the circles of the Happening artists like Allan Kaprow and George Segal, who inspired him to object and collage works.  In the following years, he dealt with alienated objects of daily use in the sense of pop art.  He was represented at the documenta 5, 6 and 7 in Kassel, as well as at the Venice Biennale in 1964.

In Frankfurt on the Main in Westendstraße stands the sculpture ‘Inverted Collar and Tie’ that he constructed together with Coosje van Bruggen.  In 2012, the Ludwig Museum in Cologne showed the early work of Oldenburg.  Works of his are located in th   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1761 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Van Bruggen

   Claes Oldenburg & Coosje Van Bruggen  Born:  1929 and 1942
Known for:  Collaborative sculpture
Name variants:  Claes & Coosje Oldenburg & Van Bruggen, Coosje & Claes Van Bruggen & Oldenburg

Claes Oldenburg was born in Stockholm in 1929 and he grew up in New York, Rye, Oslo and Chicago.  He studied art and English literature from 1946 until 1950 at Yale University.  Also, until 1954, he visited a course at the Art Institute in Chicago.

His early work consisted of satirical drawings and showed tendencies of Abstract Expressionism.  When Oldenburg moved to New York in 1956, he came into touch with the circles of the Happening artists like Allan Kaprow and George Segal, who inspired him to object and collage works.  In the following years, he dealt with alienated objects of daily use in the sense of pop art.  He was represented at the documenta 5, 6 and 7 in Kassel, as well as at the Venice Biennale in 1964.

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