Christo Vladimirov Javacheff was born in Bulgaria and studied fine arts in Sofia and Vienna before moving to Paris in 1958. There he met Jeanne-Claude, who became his muse and partner in exotic art. They married in 1962, moved to New York in 1964 and began making the ever-larger "environmental" artworks for which Christo became famous: wrapped fountains, bridges, buildings, and other public spaces.
Working with his wife and creative partner, Jeanne-Claude (Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon), he created some of the most spectacular large-scale artworks of the 20th century. They wrapped in fabric the Reichstag building in Berlin (1995) and the Pont Neuf bridge in Paris (1985), built a 25-mile fabric fence across Northern California (1975), and strung a huge orange curtain across a Colorado Valley (1972).
Their career (to date) culminated with "The Gates," which placed 7500 vinyl gates, with free-flowing orange nylon fabric panels, across 23 miles of Central Park walkways for 16 days in 2005.
Jeanne-Claude passed away on November 18, 2009 in New York.
Christo passed on May 31, 2020 in New York.
The Umbrellas, Japan-USA, 1984-91. Ibaraki, Japan site, 1991
25.2 x 38.6 inch
Photography
$ 571
Project for a Public Building's Packaging, 1971
21.3 x 27.6 x 0.1 inch
Photography
$ 6,341
Maurizio Galimberti - Christo Ready Made - Wrapped Walk Ways - Affezione n. 303, 2011
7.1 x 6.3 inch
Photography
$ 2,346
Maurizio Galimberti - Christo Ready Made - The Gates - Affezione n. 308, 2011
5.7 x 7.7 inch
Photography
$ 2,346
Ponte Sant Angelo, Wrapped – Project for Rome, 2011
25 x 28.3 inch
Print
$ 16,233
Allied Chemical Tower, Packed, Project for No. 1 Times Square, 1971
28 x 22 inch
Print
$ 3,500
Wrapped Monument for Vittorio Emmanuelle, 1970
34 x 28 inch
Photography
$ 6,500
Wrapped Monument to Cristobal Colón. (Project for Barcelona), 1976
28 x 22.2 inch
Fine Art Drawings
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Christo Ready Made - Affezione n. 363, 2010
6.3 x 6.5 inch
Photography
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Maurizio Galimberti - Christo Ready Made - Affezione n. 455, 2010
6.3 x 6.5 inch
Photography
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Maurizio Galimberti - Christo Ready Made - Affezione n. 339, 2010
6.3 x 6.5 inch
Photography
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Maurizio Galimberti - Christo Ready Made - Wall of oil Barrel - Affezione n. 569, 2009
5.5 x 9.1 inch
Photography
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