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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Claes Oldenburg has received more than 1,109,633 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Claes Oldenburg is the 45th most popular sculptor (down from 36th in 2019), the 167th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 136th 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 45 out of 258. Before him are Ivan Meštrović, Józef Gosławski, César Manrique, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Alcamenes, and Veit Stoss. After him are Naum Gabo, Tilman Riemenschneider, François Rude, Chares of Lindos, Eduardo Chillida, and Vera Mukhina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Claes Oldenburg ranks 89. Before him are Gerald Edelman, Chadli Bendjedid, Omar Torrijos, Francis Gary Powers, Gaston Glock, and Nikolai Ryzhkov. After him are Alfred Moisiu, Isabel Sarli, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Fernanda Montenegro, and Lorenzo Buffon. Among people deceased in 2022, Claes Oldenburg ranks 64. Before him are Issei Sagawa, Robert Curl, Siniša Mihajlović, Ricardo Bofill, Jean-Jacques Sempé, and Kirstie Alley. After him are Ivana Trump, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Teresa Berganza, Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Klaus Schulze, and Boris Pahor.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Claes Oldenburg ranks 167 out of 1,879. Before him are Johan Gottlieb Gahn (1745), Ellen Key (1849), John Bauer (1882), Margaret Leijonhufvud (1516), Eric X of Sweden (1180), and Charles VII of Sweden (1130). After him are Carl Linnaeus the Younger (1741), Sigvard Bernadotte (1907), Eric XII of Sweden (1339), Hugo Alfvén (1872), Olaus Rudbeck (1630), and Maud Adams (1945).

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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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