Athanasio Celia

A. Celia in 2010

Athanasio Celia (also Athanasios or Athanassios Celia) is a painter , author and art expert. He is the founder of "verticalism" (in English "verticalism"), the term with which he describes the theory of his art dominated by vertical lines. The first large all-day auction of his art took place in Germany in 1995.

Athanasio Celia became internationally known in 2007 for his key role in the return of one of the most valuable ancient treasures - a golden Greek wreath (400 BC) - from the J. Paul Getty Museum to Greece . During a vernissage of his works of art in a gallery in Munich in 1992, he first came into contact with the golden wreath and the people who wanted to sell the object and gave them names of potential buyers. When he later learned that the object had been illegally excavated, he notified the German authorities and, years later, also handed over the photos given to him by the smugglers to the Greek state in order to enable the object to be returned. An award-winning documentary on the subject has been shown in several countries.

As an art expert, Athanasio Celia became known worldwide through the appraisal of Nazi-looted art . It was a notebook, which Athanasio Celia ascribed to the Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh , and an oil painting which Athanasio Celia also ascribed to Vincent van Gogh.

Publications

• "Ω - ο Λόγος", EPOS Verlag 2006, Greek, ISBN 978-960-92253-0-4 (original version)
  • "The logos - God's proof", Traugott Bautz Verlag 2015, German, ISBN 978-3-88309-968-2 (translation)
• Preface to Diodora Doreta Peppa: “The Notebook of Vincent”, Concept Maniax Publications / Epos Editions 2008, English, ISBN 978-960-98061-2-1 .
• "God's letters", published by Athanasios Seliachas 2018, English, ISBN 978-9609225311

Web links

• Art catalog by Athanasio Celia [1] in the art and museum library of the city of Cologne
• Literature by Athanasio Celia [2] in the theologicus index
• Literature by and about Athanasio Celia [3] in the catalog of the German National Library
• The Full Wiki: Athanasio Celia (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Weltkunst, Volume 65, 1995, p. 1080 , accessed on March 30, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Hugh Eakin and Anthee Carassava: Getty Museum Is Expected to Return Gold Wreath to Greece. New York Times, December 11, 2006, accessed March 30, 2017 . 
3. ^ The Medici Conspiracy, Index Athanassios Celia, Chapter 21, pp. 310-312, 321
4. ^ Looters of the Gods. DocArt, accessed on March 30, 2017 (English, sequences about Athanasio Celia: 15 '30 - 17' 32 , 29 '00 - 29' 25 , 48 '11 - 50' 12 ). 
5. ^ Karolos Grohmann: Experts examine "Van Gogh" sketchbook in Greece. Reuters, January 16, 2008, accessed March 30, 2017 . 
6. ↑ Experts examine 'van Gogh' sketchbook. ABC News Australia, January 17, 2008, accessed March 30, 2017 . 
7. ↑ Another Van Gogh? Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 10, 2010, accessed on March 30, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Experts fall out over Van Gogh's 'last painting'. The Guardian, May 19, 2008, accessed March 30, 2017 .