The Gates, from Project for Central Park, New York, 2003
Biographical Information |
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| 1935 | Born Christo Vladimirov Javacheff on June 13 in Bulgaria |
| 1953–1956 | Studied at Fine Arts Academy; Sofia, Bulgaria |
| 1957 | Studied one semester at Fine Arts Academy; Vienna, Austria |
| 1958 | Arrived in Paris and met Jeanne-Claude |
| 2020 | Died May 31 in New York |
Selected Projects |
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| 1961 | "Project for a Wrapped Public Building" |
| "Stacked Oil Barrels and Dockside Packages," Cologne Harbor (Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s first collaboration) | |
| 1961–1962 | "Wall of Oil Barrels—The Iron Curtain, Rue Viscanti, Paris" |
| 1962 | "Stacked Oil Barrels;" Gentilly, France |
| "Wrapped Woman" | |
| 1963 | "Show Cases" |
| 1964 | "Store Fronts and Show Windows " |
| 1966 | "Air Package;" Van Abbemuseum; Eindhoven, Netherlands |
| "42,390 Cubic Feet Package;" Minneapolis, Minnesota | |
| 1968 | "Wrapped Fountain" and "Wrapped Medieval Tower;" Spoleto, Italy |
| "Wrapped Kunsthalle;" Bern, Switzerland | |
| "5,600 Cubicmeter Package, documenta IV;" Kassel, Germany | |
| "Corridor Store Front" | |
| "1,240 Oil Barrels Mastaba" and "Wrapped Hay;" Institute of Contemporary Art; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| 1969 | "Wrapped Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago" |
| "Wrapped Floor and Stairway;" Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, Illinois | |
| "Wrapped Coast, One Million Square Feet, Little Bay, Sydney, Australia" | |
| 1970 | "Wrapped Monuments, Milano, Italy, 1970: Wrapped Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II," Piazza del Duomo and "Wrapped Monument to Leonardo da Vinci," Plaza della Scala |
| 1971 | "Wrapped Floor, Wrapped Stairs, Covered Windows and Wrapped Walk Ways," Museum Haus Lange; Krefeld, Germany |
| 1972 | "Valley Curtain, Rifle, Colorado, 1970-72" |
| 1974 | "The Wall—Wrapped Roman Wall, Via Veneto and Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy, 1973–74" |
| "Ocean Front, Newport, Rhode Island, 1974" | |
| 1976 | "Running Fence, Sonoma and Marin Counties, California, 1972–76" |
| 1977 | "The Mastaba, Project for United Arab Emirates" |
| 1978 | "Wrapped Walk Ways, Jacob Loose Park, Kansas City, Missouri, 1977–78" |
| 1983 | "Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, 1980–83" |
| 1984 | "Wrapped Floors and Stairways and Covered Windows," Architekturmuseum; Basel, Switzerland |
| 1985 | "The Pont Neuf Wrapped, Paris, 1975–85" |
| 1991 | "The Umbrellas, Japan–USA, 1984–91" |
| 1992 | "Over The River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado" |
| 1995 | "Wrapped Floors and Stairways and Covered Windows," Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany, 1994–95 |
| "Wrapped Reichstag, Berlin, 1971–95" | |
| 1998 | "Wrapped Trees, Fondation Beyeler and Berower Park, Riehen, Switzerland, 1997–98" |
| 1999 | "The Wall—13,000 Oil Barrels," Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany, 1998–99 |
| 2005 | "The Gates, Central Park, New York City, 1979–2005" |
| 2013 | "Big Air Package," Gasometer Oberhausen, Germany, 2010–13 |
