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Biography
Starting at the age of ten (1955), child His work features in certain private art
prodigy, Anthony Christian, studied the collections such as Gore Vidal,
techniques of the Old Masters at the Baroness Marie-Helene de Rothschild,
National Gallery in London. Throughout Viscountess Jacqueline de Ribes, Mrs. J.
his time at the National Gallery, and for Heinz, Bill Blass, HM Queen Elizabeth II,
further seven years, Anthony studied Mrs. James Lipton and Herbie Hancock.
the works of Rubens, Rembrandt and
other Old Masters. His drawing style Come the eighties, Christian had
most resembles the techniques of become very well known for his
Leonardo da Vinci. preservation of the Renaissance
techniques; Society Magazine referred
By the early sixties, Christian was to him as "the World's fore-most
making a name for himself as a portrait Renaissance-style painter."
painter receiving commissions from the
world's rich and famous, which sent Christian disappeared from the Western
him traveling all over the world from World for a while to find inspiration in
New York to Nepal. Asia and to experiment with his own
style and technique. In 1988 he settle
He painted among others Lord in Bali where he established a gallery,
Mountbatten of Burma, Baroness which was extremely popular with
Olympia de Rothschild, Baroness Fiona clients across Asia.
Thyssen-Bornemisza, Count Guido di
Carpegna, Lord Lichfield, Blake In 1994, he moved to India and found
Edwards, Julie Christie and Terence great inspiration in the country's
Stamp. landscape and culture.
