Christo and Jeanne-Claude. Photo by Wolfgang Volz.
In 1958, Christo was commisioned to paint a portrait of Précilda de Guillebon, but his artist’s eye soon wandered to her lovely daughter, Jeanne-Claude. Though Jeanne-Claude was engaged to another man and soon married, her heart belonged to the painter. Soon after her honeymoon she left her husband to be with Christo, whose child she was carrying. The environmental-installation artists unveiled their first project in 1961, married the year after, and have been collaborating together ever since. They even officially changed their artist moniker to “the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude” and have said they try to infuse their temporary work with the qualities of love and tenderness.
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I love Jeanne-Claude’s hair. So much.
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