Saturday 21st November 2009 - 04:34:39
American artist Jeanne-Claude has died from complications following a brain aneurysm. She was 74.
Jeanne-Claude and her husband Christo were famous for constructing dramatic installations around the world; including wrapping the Reichstag in Berlin, Germany with fabric, and hanging giant drapes across New York's Central Park - the latter was seen by more than five million people.
Announcing his wife's death in a statement on their website, Christo says he is "deeply saddened" but has vowed "the art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude will continue".
At the time of her death, the pair was in the process of covering the Arkansas River in Colorado and constructing a pyramid of 410,000 oil barrels in the United Arab Emirates
At the time of her death, the pair was in the process of covering the Arkansas River in Colorado and constructing a pyramid of 410,000 oil barrels in the United Arab Emirates.
The couple met in Paris, France in 1958, but has lived in New York for the past 45 years - and the city's mayor Michael Bloomberg has paid tribute to Jeanne-Claude's contribution to the Big Apple's art legacy "New York City lost one of our great artists".
Her body will be donated to scientific research.
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