The artist couple Christo and Jeanne-Claude met in 1958. Even before Christ was active as an artist, he painted portraits for a livelihood too. The art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude has its origins in the New Realism, and developed from the assemblage to the unmistakable style of the artist couple. Christ was born on 13.6.1935 in the Bulgarian city of Gabrovo, Jeanne-Claude on the same day as the daughter of a French family in the Moroccan city of Casablanca to the world. Christo studied art in Sofia and Vienna, Jeanne-Claude Leitein and philosophy in Tunis. Since meeting in 1958, both are working on numerous joint projects, her first job was in 1961, "Stacked Oil Barrels" and "disguises in the harbor at the port of Cologne. 1964 Christo and Jeanne-Claude to move to New York. But continue to include European sites of its veiling locations, for example, Eindhoven (1966), Spoleto (1968) and Rome (1974). One of the most popular actions "Surrounded Islands, Biscayne Bay, Greater Miami, Florida, USA1980-83 In the eleven islands were surrounded by pink, floating propylene tissue. Equally famous was "The veiled Pont Neuf, Paris, France" (1985), and - like art depicted on postcards - "The Umbrellas, Japan-USA) (1991). The projects are always created by "Christ", as recently as 1994, the artists change this in "Christo and Jeanne-Claude" (where Christ still works alone, and accordingly signed). Christ creates works for the interior, Christo and Jeanne-Claude work exclusively for the exterior. No later than the concealment of the Berlin Reichstag in 1995 was also not interested in art acquainted with the works of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, a 100,000 square enveloped two weeks long silvery fabric propylene German remembrance. Christ is known next to the artist James Coignard