NEW YORK (AP) — Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin and other objects, has died at age 93.

Claes Oldenburg, the pop artist who reimagined everyday objects like clothespins and spoons as mammoth sculptures, has died at age 93, according to Pace Gallery in New York, which has represented ...

Skira, $85 (367pp) ISBN 978-88-7624-870-2 Claes Oldenburg first achieved fame in the 1960s with the expansive whimsy of his enormous cheeseburgers, lipstick canisters and other pop art sculptures.

For more than a quarter-century, a Claes Oldenburg sculpture stood as a side-street landmark in West Hollywood. An enormous stainless-steel knife blade, 6 feet tall and 12 feet long, sliced down ...

NEW YORK (CBS/AP) -- Pop artist Claes Oldenburg, who turned the mundane into the monumental through his outsized sculptures of a baseball bat, a clothespin, and other objects, has died at age 93 ...

Claes Oldenburg became a U.S. citizen in 1953, after earning his bachelor’s degree at Yale University and enrolling in night classes at the Art Institute of Chicago.

When Claes Oldenburg, who died Monday, created ‘Two Cheeseburgers, With Everything (Dual Hamburgers),’ he seasoned Pop Art sculpture with a dash of Abstract Expressionism.

Claes Oldenburg, the Pop-art pioneer who transformed everyday foods like ice cream and objects like toothpaste into soft or supersized sculptures, died Monday at age 93.

Claes Oldenburg, who turned the everyday into art, dies at 93 By Daniel Trotta July 18, 20222:04 PM PDTUpdated July 18, 2022 ...

When Claes Oldenburg, widely recognized as the father of Pop art, heard that a visitor to his studio at the western edge of SoHo wanted to see drawings of the fictional land he invented as a child ...

The installation of Claes Oldenburg & Coosje van Bruggen at Lever House in Midtown Manhattan includes “Architect’s Handkerchief” (at back) and “Plantoir, Red (Mid-Scale),” 2001-2021. via ...

The visual artist Claes Oldenburg, one of the most playful forces in Pop Art, has died at age 93. His death Monday was confirmed to NPR in a statement from Paula Cooper, whose gallery represented him.