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Together, Oldenburg and van Bruggen produced sculpture, drawings, performances, and colossal monuments that transform the familiar into the unexpected.

  • Coosje van Bruggen (Dutch, 1942–2009) first collaborated with Claes Oldenburg (Swedish, b.1929) in 1976, when Trowel I, originally shown at Sonsbeek 71.
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  • This collection documents the careers of Swedish-American Pop-art sculptor Claes Oldenburg and Dutch art historian Coosje van Bruggen.
  • Claes Oldenburg was born in 1929 in Stockholm, Sweden, and died in 2022.

    • Coosje van Bruggen

    Dutch and American sculptor and painter

    Coosje van Bruggen

    van Bruggen and her husband, Claes Oldenburg

    Born

    Jacoba Wilhelmina Hendrika van Bruggen


    (1942-06-06)June 6, 1942

    Groningen, Netherlands

    DiedJanuary 10, 2009(2009-01-10) (aged 66)

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.

    Nationality
    • Dutch
    • American (from 1993)
    Known forSculpture
    Notable workList of public art by Oldenburg and van Bruggen
    Spouses

    • Paul Kapteyn

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      (before 1977)​

    • Claes Oldenburg

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      (m. 1977)​
    Children2

    Coosje van Bruggen (June 6, 1942 – January 10, 2009) was a Dutch-born American sculptor, art historian, and critic.[1] She collaborated extensively with her husband, Claes Oldenburg.

    Biography

    Born to a physician in Groningen, van Bruggen studied history of art at the University of Groningen. From 1967 to 1971, she worked at the Stedelijk Museum i