SCULPTOR

Claes Oldenburg

1929 - 2022

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claes Oldenburg is the 43rd most popular sculptor (up from 45th in 2019), the 158th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 167th in 2019) and the most popular Swedish Sculptor.

Clae Oldenburg is most famous for his sculptures that are typically large and made out of everyday objects.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Claes Oldenburg ranks 43 out of 258. Before him are Paul Landowski, Jacopo della Quercia, Eva Hesse, César Manrique, Eduardo Chillida, and Jean-Antoine Houdon. After him are Veit Stoss, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Ivan Meštrović, Vera Mukhina, Paeonius, and Tilman Riemenschneider.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Claes Oldenburg ranks 91. Before him are Stirling Moss, Yozo Aoki, Michael Michai Kitbunchu, Francis Gary Powers, Osamu Yamaji, and Ralf Dahrendorf. After him are George Stinney, Len Deighton, John Polanyi, Gordon Moore, Sam Nujoma, and Alasdair MacIntyre. Among people deceased in 2022, Claes Oldenburg ranks 66. Before him are Pat Carroll, Bill Russell, Teresa Berganza, Stanislav Shushkevich, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Hannah Pick-Goslar. After him are Ayaz Mutallibov, Arata Isozaki, Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Ichirou Mizuki, Tony Brooks, and Frank Drake.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Claes Oldenburg ranks 158 out of 1,879. Before him are Alexander Roslin (1718), Salomon August Andrée (1854), Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland (1884), Victor Sjöström (1879), Magnus III of Sweden (1240), and Sten Sture the Younger (1493). After him are Markus Persson (1979), Carl Johan Bernadotte (1916), Johan August Arfwedson (1792), Rebecca Ferguson (1983), Adam Afzelius (1750), and Sigvard Bernadotte (1907).

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Among SCULPTORS In Sweden

Among sculptors born in Sweden, Claes Oldenburg ranks 1. After him are Lars Vilks (1946), Carl Milles (1875), and Johan Tobias Sergel (1740).

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