Samples & Related Artists

Christo & Jean Claude

Christo & Jean Claude (1935 - 2020/2009) was active/lived in New York / Bulgaria.  Christo Jean Claude is known for Installations-wrappings, collage, environmental art.

Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist, by William Grimes, November 19, 2009:

"Jeanne-Claude, Christo's Collaborator on Environmental Canvas, Is Dead at 74"

Jeanne-Claude, who collaborated with her husband, Christo, on dozens of environmental art projects, notably the wrapping of the Pont Neuf in Paris and the Reichstag in Berlin and the installation of 7,503 vinyl gates with saffron-colored nylon panels in Central Park, died Wednesday in Manhattan, where she lived. She was 74.

A statement on the couple's Web site, christojeanneclaude.net, said the cause was complications of a brain aneurysm.

Jeanne-Claude met her husband, Christo Javacheff, in Paris in 1958.  At the time, Christo, a Bulgarian refugee, was already making art of wrapped packages, furniture and oil drums. Three years later, they made their first work together, a temporary installation on the docks in Cologne, Germany, that consisted of oil drums and rolls of industr   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 23456 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 2052 auction lots for Christo & Jean Claude (of which 1594 auction records sold and 7 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 1 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 2 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Christo & Jean Claude as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Christo & Jean Claude in 2 of its research Essays. Christo & Jean Claude has 33 artist signature examples available in our database.

Similar artists

.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for Christo & Jean Claude available:    Claes Thure Oldenburg,  Tom Wesselmann,  Robert E Indiana,  Frank Stella,  Jim Dine,  Sol LeWitt,  Ed Ruscha,  James Rosenquist,  Armand Pierre Arman,  Robert Rauschenberg,  Jasper Johns,  Sam Lewis Francis,  David Hockney,  Roy Lichtenstein,  Robert Burns Motherwell,  Robert Longo,  Alex Katz,  Ellsworth Kelly,  Helen Frankenthaler,  Larry Rivers,  Louise Berliawsky Nevelson,  Josef Albers,  Victor Vasarely,  Roberto Matta