Christo and Jeanne-Claude, respectively, in full Christo Javacheff and Jeanne-Claude de Guillebon, (respectively, born June 13, 1935, Gabrovo, Bulgaria died May 31, 2020, New York City, New York, U.S.; born June 13, 1935, Casablanca, Morocco died November 18, 2009, New York, New York), environmental sculptors noted for their controversial outdoor sculptures that often involved monumental displays of fabrics and plastics. Christo attended the Fine Arts Academy in Sofia, Bulgaria, and had begun working with the Burian Theatre in Prague when the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 broke out. He fled to Vienna, where he studied for a semester, and then, after a brief
Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude have passed away but there's a plan to complete one of their unrealized artworks. Named the Mastaba, it's being hailed by their team as the world's largest permanent contemporary work of art.