Appreciation: For sculptor Claes Oldenburg, art was the soul of Pop Installation view of more than a dozen Claes Oldenburg sculptures from the permanent collection at L.A.’s Museum of ...

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.

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.

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.

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.

Claes Oldenburg is shown during a press conference in Museum Ludwid, Cologne, for the opening of the exhibition, "Claes Oldenberg - The Sixties." Oldenburg, a pop artists who made everyday objects ...

Claes Oldenburg, a Pop Art sculptor best know for works like ‘Clothespin’ in Philadelphia, died in his studio and apartment at age 93. He will be remembered for his work enlarging everyday ...

Pop artist Claes Oldenburg watches as his sculpture “Paint Torch” is installed by the George Young Company at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia on Aug. 20, 2011.

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.