Christo and jeanne claude biography for kids
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Summary of Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Christo's early education in Soviet Socialist Realism, and his experience fleeing his home as a refugee of political revolution, informed his career's numerous forays into real-world politics as a primary subject and source of his artmaking. His year collaboration with his wife and fellow artist, Jeanne-Claude, and the large-scale installation works they co-authored, stand out as some of the greatest achievements in early site-specific art. Together, the duo created monumentally-scaled sculptures and interventions which often utilized the technique of draping or wrapping large portions of existent landscapes, buildings, and industrial objects with specially engineered fabric. While they often insisted that the aesthetic properties of their art constituted its primary value, reactions from audiences and critics worldwide have long recognized a broader commentary operating across their work, and themes ranging from environmental degradation, to th
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (June 13, – May 31, ) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (June 13, – November 18, ) were a married couple who created environmental works of art.
Their works include the wrapping of the Reichstag in Berlin and the Pont-Neuf bridge in Paris, the 39 kilometers-long (24 mi) artwork called Running Fence in Sonoma and Marin counties in California, and The Gates in New York City's Central Park.
Christo was born in Gabrovo, present-day Bulgaria. Jeanne-Claude was born in Casablanca, present-day Morocco. They met in Paris in In , they moved to New York City where they began their joint art career.
Their works were given credit to "Christo" only, until , when the outdoor works and large indoor were credited to "Christo and Jeanne-Claude".[1] They flew in separate planes: in case one crashed, the other could continue their work.[2]
Jeanne-Claude died, aged 74, on November 18, in N
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Christo and Jeanne-Claude facts for kids
"Christo" redirects here. For other people with the name, see Christo (name).
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| Known for | Environmental art |
Notable work | Running Fence The Gates The Floating Piers |
| Movement | Nouveau réalisme Environmental art |
| Awards | Praemium Imperiale |
| Born | Christo Vladimirov Javacheff ()June 13, Gabrovo, Bulgaria |
| Died | May 31, () (aged 84) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Sofia Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Academy of Fine Arts |
| Born | Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon ()June 13, Casablanca, French Morocco |
| Died | November 18, () (aged 74) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Education | Self–taught |
Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (–) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (–), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmentalinstallations, often large l