He and his wife Jeanne-Claude were both born on the same day - June 13, 1935.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude were a married couple who worked together on large-scale public art projects. Christo was born on June 13, 1935, in Gabrovo, Bulgaria. His parents were engineers and he had two sisters. Christo studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia, Bulgaria, before moving to Paris in 1958. Jeanne-Claude was born on June 13, 1935, in Casablanca, Morocco. Her father was a French diplomat and her mother was a Moroccan-born Frenchwoman. Jeanne-Claude studied at the Sorbonne in Paris before meeting Christo.
The couple first met in October 1961 at the opening of an exhibition of Christo’s work in Paris. They began working together on large-scale public art projects, such as “Wrapped Reichstag” in Berlin and “The Gates” in New York City. Christo and Jeanne-Claude were known for their use of fabric and other materials to create temporary works of art.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude were married for 41 years, until Jeanne-Claude’s death in 2009. They had no children.
Christo’s net worth is estimated to be $50 million. Jeanne-Claude’s net worth was not publicly known, but was likely similar to Christo’s.
Christo and Jeanne-Claude were known for their use of fabric and other materials to create temporary works of art.
General Info
Full Name
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Nationality
Bulgarian
Accomplishments
Movies
Christo's Valley Curtain, The Gates, Florent: Queen of the Meat Market, Umbrellas, Running Fence
He and his wife Jeanne-Claude were both born on the same day - June 13, 1935.
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Has lived in the United States since 1964.
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Disaster befell the 1991 "Umbrellas" project, which opened simultaneously in Japan and California and consisted of thousands of large umbrellas (yellow in California and blue in Japan) dotting the landscape. In California, a spectator was crushed to death when a freak windstorm uprooted an umbrella. While the project was being taken down in Japan, a worker was electrocuted when his crane touched a power line.
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Escaped from his native Bulgaria in the mid-'50s when the uprising in Hungary sent tremors through the Soviet Eastern Bloc.
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Grand-scale, avante-garde artist whose trademark is "wrapping" buildings and landmarks in fabric.
Pictures
Movies
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Herb & Dorothy
2008
Documentary additional archival source
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Herb & Dorothy
2008
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Interview whit Christo
2016
Video documentary short
Himself
Harry's Gift
2016
Documentary short
Himself
Florent: Queen of the Meat Market
2010
Documentary
Himself
The Gates
2007
Documentary
Himself
60 Minutes
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself - Artist (segment "The Gates")
Sunshine Airlines
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
How to Draw a Bunny
2002
Documentary
Himself
American Masters
1997
TV Series documentary
Himself
Dem deutschen Volke
1996
Documentary
Himself
Granitza na mechtite
1996
Documentary
Himself
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
1995
Documentary
Himself
Umbrellas
1994
Documentary
Himself
Christo in Paris
1990
Documentary
Himself
Islands
1987
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Mensch Meier
1986
TV Series
Himself
From Chris to Christo
1985
Short documentary
C'est encore mieux l'après-midi
1985
TV Series
Himself
La edad de oro
1983
TV Series
Himself
New York, New York
1983
TV Series
Himself
Christo: Wrapped Walk Ways
1978
Documentary short
Himself
Masters of Modern Sculpture Part III: The New World