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Claes Thure Oldenburg

artist

Claes Thure Oldenburg, Swedish artist. Member of American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Academy Institute Arts & Letters.

Background

Oldenburg, Claes Thure was born on January 28, 1929 in Stockholm, Sweden. Son of Gosta and Sigrid (Lindforss) Oldenburg.

Education

Bachelor, Yale, 1951. Student, Art Institute, Chicago, 1952—1954. Student, United States Citizen, 1953.

Degree (honorary), Oberlin College, 1970. Degree (honorary), Art Institute Chicago, 1979. Degree (honorary), Bard College, 1995.

Degree (honorary), Royal College Art, London, 1996. Degree with Coosje van Bruggen (honorary), California College Arts and Crafts, 1996. Degree with Coosje van Bruggen (honorary), University Teesside, Middlesbrough, England, 1999.

Degree with Coosje van Bruggen (honorary), Nova Scotia College Art and Design, 2005. Degree with Coosje van Bruggen (honorary), College Creative Studies, Detroit, 2005.

Works

All works

Membership

Member of American Academy Arts and Sciences, American Academy Institute Arts & Letters.

Connections

Married Patricia Joan Muschinski, April 13, 1960 (divorced April 1970). Married Coosje van Bruggen, July 22, 1977.

Father:
Gosta Oldenburg

Mother:
Sigrid (Lindforss) Oldenburg

Spouse:
Patricia Joan Muschinski

Spouse:
Coosje van Bruggen