Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Christo was born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff in Bulgaria in 1935. Encouraged by his mother, who was a former secretary to the director of the Sofia National Academy of Art, he began to take drawing and painting lessons at age six. He went on to study at the National Academy of Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, as well as one semester at the Fine Arts Academy in Vienna, Austria, in 1957. In 1958 he moved to Paris where he met Jeanne-Claude, who became his wife and partner in the creation of monumental environmental artworks, which transcended the traditional bounds of painting, sculpture and architecture. Among their works were “Wrapped Coast” near Sydney, Australia (1968-69); “Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado” (1970-72); “Running Fence” in California (1972-76); “Surrounded Islands” in Miami, Florida (1980-83); “The Pont Neuf Wrapped” in Paris (1975-85); “The Umbrellas” in Japan and California (1984-91); “Wrapped Reichstag” in Berlin, Germany (1972-95); “The Gates” in New York’s Central Park (1979-2005); “The Floating Piers” in Lake Iseo, Italy (2014-16); and “The London Mastaba” on Serpentine Lake in London (2016-18). Jeanne-Claude died in 2009 in New York, and Christo died there in 2020, leaving behind a work in progress, “L’Arc De Triomphe, Wrapped,” to be completed posthumously in 2021.
1960s Conceptual Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Photographic Paper, Lithograph
Early 2000s Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Screen
1990s Modern Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Offset
1990s Modern Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph, Screen
Early 2000s Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Wax Crayon, Board, Pencil
1970s Land Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph
Early 2000s Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Fabric
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Digital Pigment
1970s Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Photogram
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Screen
Early 2000s Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph
1970s Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Fabric, Glue, Charcoal, Board, Cardboard, Pencil, Color Pencil
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph
1970s Land Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Photogravure
2010s Other Art Style Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Mixed Media
1980s Conceptual Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph
1990s Modern Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Cardboard, Lithograph, Offset
1970s Land Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Photogravure
1960s Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Gold Leaf
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph
1970s Land Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Photogravure
1980s Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Paper, Screen
1970s Land Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Photogravure
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph
20th Century Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph
1980s Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Mixed Media, Screen
1980s Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Digital Pigment
1980s Contemporary Christo and Jeanne-Claude Art
Lithograph