'''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.com/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 “[[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.
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. 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.com/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 [[Greece|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 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>
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
==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
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[[Category:Painters]]
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