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{{RfD|It's hard to tell because the language is so jumbled, but I don't see the notability of this artist. The article seems to be a direct, rough translation from the French article. For what it's worth, the corresponding article on enwiki was deleted (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Athanasio_Celia&oldid=111783704 the deletion discussion]).}}
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As a “[[Greeks|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. 

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==Activities==
===Ancient Greek wreath===⏎
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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 [[Greece|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(contracted; show full)ed 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>
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===Sketchbook attributed to Van Gogh===
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 Gogh sketchbook 'looted by Nazis' is discovered in Greece | date 2008-01-17</ref>  His [[study]] on the notebook was published in a [[chapter]] of the [[book]] “The Notebook of Vincent” , for which Athanasio Celia also wrote the preface.<ref>ΤΟ ΣΗΜΕΙΩΜΑΤΑΡΙΟ ΤΟΥ VINCENT / The Notebook of Vincent  (author :  ΝΤΟΡΕΤΑ-ΔΙΟΔΩΡΑ  ΠΕΠΠΑ / Diodora Doreta Peppa)  |  Look at: a) Περιεχόμενα / Contents (5. ΤΙ ΕΦΕΡΕ ΣΤΟ ΦΩΣ Η ΜΕΛΕΤΗ ΤΟΥ ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΟΥ ΣΕΛΙΑ / 5. What the study of Athanasio Celia revealed), b) Λεπτομέρειες / Details (Πρόλογος  ΣΕΛΙΑΣ ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΟΣ /  Preface  Athanasio Celia)   https://www.politeianet.gr/books/9789609806114-gogh-vincent-van-epos-to-simeiomatario-tou-vincent-protos-tomos-110467  | Greek  {{ISBN|9789609806114}} /  English {{ISBN|978-9609806121}}</ref> 
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One year later, in 2008, he examined again an [[artifact]] which had been looted by the [[Nazis]]. This time it was an [[oil painting]], which he also attributed to [[Vincent van Gogh]] and according to his report “it was the last [[painting]] of [[Vincent van Gogh]]”.<ref>The Guardian | https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2008/may/19/art.news | titel: Experts fall out over Van Gogh's 'last painting' | date 2008-05-19</ref>
<ref>Helena Smith | The Hindu | http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Was-it-Van-Goghrsquos-last-work/article15225589.ece | titel: Was it Van Gogh’s last work? | date: MAY 20, 2008</ref>

==Publications==
*"Ω - ο Λόγος", published by EPOS 2006, Greek, {{ISBN|9789609225304}} (original version)
**"Der Logos - Der Gottes Beweis", published by Traugott Bautz Verlag 2015, German,  {{ISBN|978-3-88309-968-2}}  (translation)
*Preface for Diodora Doreta Peppa:"The Notebook of Vincent", Concept Maniax Publications / Epos Editions 2008, {{ISBN|978-9609806121}}
*"God's letters", published by Athanasios Seliachas 2018, English, {{ISBN|978-9609225311}}

==References==
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==Other websites==
* Literature from and about Athanasio Celia in the cataloque of the [[German National Library]] https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=106844214X
* https://www.artprice.com/store/VERTICALISMUS--Athanasio-Celia#?page=1&order_by=sort_dt&order=desc

[[Category:20th century births]]
[[Category:Painters]]