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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 Coosje van Bruggen - Wikipedia QAFEC