Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Felt Pen, Permanent Marker
2010s Realist Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Tempera, Permanent Marker
2010s Realist Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Permanent Marker, Tempera, Paper
Late 20th Century Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1940s Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Permanent Marker
1930s Art Deco Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pen
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Pigment
Early 2000s Modern Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Ink, Permanent Marker, Paper
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Pencil, Pigment
1980s Contemporary Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Permanent Marker
1990s Modern Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Permanent Marker, Ink, Paper
1980s American Impressionist Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Paper, Pen
1970s Modern Claes Oldenburg Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Permanent Marker