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'''Athanasio Celia''' (also Athanasios or Athanassios Celia) is a [[painter]], art [[expert]] and [[author]].
He is the [[founder]] of "Verticalismus".<ref>The Full Wiki | Athanasio Celia | http://www.thefullwiki.org/Athanasio_Celia</ref> By that [[term]] he defined the [[theory]] of his [[art]] which is dominated by [[vertical]] lines. <ref>Tio Ilar, International Art Exhibition | http://www.tioilar.eu/index.php/artist-cvs/2012-01-31-09-45-45/athanasio-celia </ref> <ref> Tio Ilar, International Art Exhibition | http://www.tioilar.eu/index.php/tio-ilar-3/the-artists/2012-02-06-09-08-20/celia-athanasio </ref> The first [[large]] [[one]]-day [[auction]] of his art was in [[Germany]] in 1995.<ref> https://books.google.grcom/books?id=g5ZHAQAAIAAJ&q=athanasio+celia&dq=athanasio+celia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAgpO0jIDTAhWF0RQKHV35B2sQ6AEIGzAA | german | Weltkunst, Volume 65, 1995 | page 1080</ref>
As a “[[Greek]] [[artist]] and art expert” ([[Reuters]] - ref. 8 ) or “[[Paris]]-based [[painter]] and [[art historian]]” ([[The Guardian]] - ref. 12 ) he became [[worldwide]] known for his activities in the [[period]] 1992 - 2008. 
In 1992, during an [[opening act]] of his own [[paintings]] in a [[gallery]] in [[Munich]], he came into [[contact]] with one [[ancient]] [[artifact]] of greatest [[value]] - a golden [[Greek]] wreath (400 [[BC]]).<ref> ps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Archaeological_Museum%2C_Thessaloniki%2C_Greece_(7457727770).jpg</ref>After the [[examination]] of the [[object]], he gave to the [[persons]] who brought him the ancient treasure [[information]] of possible interested buyers. Soon the object was sold to "the [[J. Paul Getty]] Museum" in [[Malibu, California]]. <ref>The Medici Conspiracy, Index Athanassios Celia, Chapter 21, Pages 310-312, 321 | https://books.google.grcom/books?id=pZ44DgAAQBAJ&pg=PT419&lpg=PT419&dq=athanassios+celia&source=bl&ots=5J0_T1jEbd&sig=IW4WrBA3zLvFyI4mqfSjAlfyiDk&hl=el&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiL69mZ_eLTAhUGAcAKHZzEDBEQ6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=athanassios%20celia&f=false</ref>  When Athanasio Celia later heard that the golden wreath had been illegally excavated, he informed the [[Germany|German]] authorities, and, years later, he handed over to the [[Greek]] [[state]] the [[photos]] which had been handed over to him by the smugglers, in [[order]] to enable the return of the [[object]] to [[Greece]] in 2007. An [[award]]-winning [[documentary]] about the [[subject]] has been broadcasted 2011 in several [[countries]]. <ref>DocArt | http://www.docart.it/index.php?/en_portfolio_page/131/ | titel: Looters of the Gods | Sequences about Athanasio Celia: 15'30''- 17'32'', 29'00''- 29'25'', 48'11''- 50'12''</ref>
In a further case, in 2007, Athanasio Celia examined a [[notebook]] with sketches which had been looted by the [[Nazis]]. In his report he attributed the notebook to the [[Dutch people|Dutch]] painter [[Vincent van Gogh]]. <ref> Karolos Grohmann | Reuters | https://www.reuters.com/article/us-greece-vangogh-idUSL1616838020080116 | titel: Experts examine "Van Gogh" sketchbook in Greece | date 2008-01-16 </ref><ref>ABC News Australia | http://www.abc.net.au/news/2008-01-17/experts-examine-van-gogh-sketchbook/1015196 | titel: Experts examine 'van Gogh'sketchbook | date 2008-01-17</ref><ref>Mail online News | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-508643/Van-Gogh-sketchbook-looted-Nazis-discovered-Greece.html | titel: Van Gog(contracted; show full)* https://www.artprice.com/store/VERTICALISMUS--Athanasio-Celia#?page=1&order_by=sort_dt&order=desc

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