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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]).}}
'''Athanasio Celia''' (also Athanasios or Athanassios Celia) is a [[painter]], art [[expert]] and [[author]].[[File:A. Celia & Verticalismus.jpg|thumb|A. Celia & Verticalismus]]
He refers to his painting style, which is dominated by [[vertical]] lines,is the founder of the "Verticalismus, or Verticalism, or Verticality", that is the term by which the world of arts characterizes his art <ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=g5ZHAQAAIAAJ&q=athanasio+celia&dq=athanasio+celia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAgpO0jIDTAhWF0RQKHV35B2sQ6AEIGzAA | german | Weltkunst, Volume 65, 1995 | page 1080</ref><ref>AskArt -- http://www.askart.com/artist/athanasio_celia/11282705/athanasio_celia.aspx?stm=athanasio%20celia# </ref> <ref> Blouin art sales index -- https://www.blouinartsalesindex.com/Athanasio-Celia-355766-results.action </ref> <ref> ArtNet http://www.artnet.com/artists/athanasio-celia/ </ref><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>, as "Verticalismus."which is dominated by [[vertical]] lines <ref>The Full Wiki | Athanasio Celia | http://www.thefullwiki.org/Athanasio_Celia</ref> The first [[large]] [[one]]-day [[auction]] of his art was in [[Germany]] in 1995.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=g5ZHAQAAIAAJ&q=athanasio+celia&dq=athanasio+celia&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiAgpO0jIDTAhWF0RQKHV35B2sQ6AEIGzAA | german | Weltkunst, Volume 65, 1995 | page 1080</ref>
He was referred to as a “[[Greeks|Greek]] [[artist]] and art expert”<ref>Profile Athanasio Celia at Saatchi Art | https://www.saatchiart.com/account/profile/92876</ref> and “[[Paris]]-based [[painter]] and [[art historian]]” in several widely publicized incidents of art and artifact authentication in the [[period]] 1992 - 2008. And he was interviewed by international audio-visual media such as [[Reuters]] <ref> Documentary -- GOD'S LETTERS - The Ultimate Treasure - sequences 01':07'' - 01':25''</ref>, [[BBC]] <ref> Documentary -- GOD'S LETTERS - The Ultimate Treasure - sequences 01':25'' - 01':37''</ref> and others.

==Activities==
===Ancient Greek wreath===

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 (contracted; show full)<references/>

==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]]