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Claes Oldenburg is Born in Stockholm, Sweden
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World War II starts when Claes is young
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He becomes an American Citizen
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Went to Yale to study art
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He went to the art Institute in Chicago and further learned art
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The Vietnam War breaks out
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He worked in Art libraries and learned about art by looking at it and observing the works
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Started his own art show where his sculptures were shown to many people
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He started building large scale projects like lipstick and scissors
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Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen get married
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They created the spoon bridge and cherry
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Coosje van Bruggen dies and then Claes lives in an apartment in New York