Oldenburg, Claes (1929) Quick reference
World Encyclopedia
..., Claes ( 1929 – ) US sculptor , a leading member of the pop art movement. He is famous for his gigantic sculptures based on everyday objects, such as Lipstick ( 1969...
Oldenburg, Claes (28 Jan 1929) Reference library
The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
... C. Van Bruggen : Claes Oldenburg: Large-scale Projects, 1977–1980 (New York, 1980) Bibliography G. Baro : Claes Oldenburg, Drawings and Prints (New York and London, 1969) Claes Oldenburg (exh. cat. by B. Rose , New York, MOMA, 1970) E. H. Johnson : Claes Oldenburg (Harmondsworth and Baltimore, 1971) Claes Oldenburg: Object into Monument (exh. cat. by B. Haskell, Pasadena, CA, A. Mus., 1971) Claes Oldenburg: Mouse Museum/Ray Gun Wing (exh. cat. by C. Van Bruggen , Otterlo, Kröller-Müller; Cologne, Mus. Ludwig; 1979) Claes Oldenburg (exh. cat., ed. ...
Oldenburg, Claes (1929–2022) Quick reference
A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (3 ed.)
..., Claes ( 1929–2022 ) Swedish -born sculptor and graphic artist who became an American citizen in 1953 , a leading figure of Pop art . He was born in Stockholm, the son of a consular official. His father's diplomatic duties took the family to New York in 1929–33 and Oslo in 1933–6 before they settled in Chicago in 1936 . Oldenburg studied art and literature at Yale University, 1946–50 , then returned to Chicago, where he took courses at the Art Institute whilst earning his living with part-time jobs as a reporter and illustrator. In 1956 ...
Oldenburg, Claes (1929–2022) Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists (2 ed.)
...of large-scale projects including Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks https://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2013/oldenburg/ Documentation on The Street and The Store , images https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/artist/claes-oldenburg Biography, images http://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=3616 Images https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-claes-oldenburg-12259 Personal recollections ...
Oldenburg, Claes Quick reference
The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (5 ed.)
..., Claes ( b Stockholm , 28 Jan. 1929 ; d New York , 18 Jul. 2022 ). Swedish -born sculptor and graphic artist who became an American citizen in 1953 . He was educated at Yale University and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (earning his living with part-time jobs as a reporter and illustrator), then in 1956 settled in New York. There he came into contact with a group of young artists, including Dine , Kaprow , and Segal , who were in revolt against Abstract Expressionism and from c .1958 he became interested in arranging happenings...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Art (3 ed.)
..., Claes ( b Stockholm, 28 Jan. 1929 ). Swedish-born sculptor and graphic artist who became an American citizen in 1953 . He was educated at Yale University and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (earning his living with part-time jobs as a reporter and illustrator), then in 1956 settled in New York. There he came into contact with a group of young artists, including Dine , Kaprow , and Segal , who were in revolt against Abstract Expressionism and from about 1958 he became interested in happenings , environments , ‘situations’, etc. His...
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The Oxford Companion to Western Art
..., Claes ( 1929– ). Swedish-born sculptor and graphic artist who became an American citizen in 1953 , a leading figure of Pop Art . He was born in Stockholm, the son of a consular official. His father's diplomatic duties took the family to New York in 1929–33 and Oslo in 1933–6 before they settled in Chicago in 1936 . Oldenburg studied art and literature at Yale University, 1946–50 , then returned to Chicago, where he took courses at the Art Institute whilst earning his living with part-time jobs as a reporter and illustrator. In 1956 he...
Oldenburg, Claes Thure (1929–2022) Quick reference
Who's Who in the Twentieth Century
..., Claes Thure ( 1929–2022 ) Swedish-born US pop sculptor. The son of a diplomat, Oldenburg spent his childhood in the USA, Sweden, and Norway before going to live in Chicago in 1937 . After studying English literature and art at Yale University, he decided to become an artist, and while working for a newspaper studied at the Chicago Art Institute. He became a US citizen in 1953 . Having moved to New York, Oldenburg produced figure paintings and graphic works until 1958 , when he began to organize ‘happenings’. ‘I am for an art that does something...
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