Christo and Jean Claude
by Ben W.
The artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born Gemini-like at the same hour on June 13,1935, he in Gabrovo, Bulgaria as Christo Javacheff of an industrialist family and she in Casablanca, Morocco as Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon of a French M
ilitary family. Christo studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Sofia and escaped from Prague to the west in early 1957. They met in Paris in 1958 when Christo was commissioned to do a portrait of Jeanne-Claude’s mother. Christo and Jeanne-Claude believe that labels are very important, but for bottles of wine, not for artists, and they usually don’t like to put a label on their art. The decision to use only the name “Christo” was made deliberately when they were young because it is difficult for one artist to get established and they wanted to put all the chances on their side.
The artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude were born Gemini-like at the same hour on June 13,1935, he in Gabrovo, Bulgaria as Christo Javacheff of an industrialist family and she in Casablanca, Morocco as Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon of a French M
ilitary family. Christo studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Sofia and escaped from Prague to the west in early 1957. They met in Paris in 1958 when Christo was commissioned to do a portrait of Jeanne-Claude’s mother. Christo and Jeanne-Claude believe that labels are very important, but for bottles of wine, not for artists, and they usually don’t like to put a label on their art. The decision to use only the name “Christo” was made deliberately when they were young because it is difficult for one artist to get established and they wanted to put all the chances on their side.
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