Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
One of the original Pop artists, Claes Oldenburg was born in Stockholm. The son of a Swedish diplomat, he spent his early years in Stockholm and Oslo until the family moved to Chicago in 1937.
Oldenburg attended Yale University, then returned to Chicago, where he worked for a newspaper and also attended drawing classes at the Art Institute. He moved to New York in 1956.
Oldenburg’s early art in New York were works of urban realism in cardboard and paper that were influenced by the work of Dubuffet and the New Realists, and were seen as a brutal response to society. In 1961 Oldenburg rented a storefront on the Lower East Side and sold brightly painted plaster objects as well as three-dimensional and wall reliefs based on hamburgers, pastries, men's and women's clothing, and other commodities. The signature soft sculptures followed, objects of commonplace household objects made of vinyl or canvas stuffed with kapok. These pieces transformed the medium — the soft sculptures are intended to be sensual experiences and commentary on our material world of objects and our relationship to them.
In 1965, still working in vinyl, plaster and cardboard, Oldenburg began making large works termed “Colossal Monuments,” which are large public sculptures with public and private meanings. In the 1970s, Oldenburg was fabricating large-scale works in durable materials such as steel, and working with Coosje van Bruggen, he had received many such public commissions in the United States and Europe.
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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1970s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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1940s American Realist Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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1940s Ashcan School Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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1980s Contemporary Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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1960s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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2010s Contemporary Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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2010s Contemporary Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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2010s Contemporary Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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1980s Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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Early 20th Century Modern Claes Oldenburg Portrait Prints
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