Some 30 paintings by Claude Gauthier featuring landscapes from the Principality of Monaco will be displayed at the Nikolet Vasia public art gallery in Durres
TIRANA, Oct. 22 – The Principality of Monaco, the world’s second smallest country located on the French Riviera, is being featured in Albania through 30 paintings by Monaco painter Claude Gauthier in an exhibition he has opened in Durres. Speaking at the exhibition’s inauguration ceremony last weekend, Durres Mayor Vangjush Dako thanked the painter and Albania’s Honorary Consul in Monaco Giuseppe Durazzo whose origin is from Durres for making possible this special exhibition.
Painter Claude Gauthier said the 30 paintings he has brought to be displayed in Durres feature landscapes from the Principality of Monaco.
The exhibition at the Nikolet Vasia public art gallery in Durres will remain open until October 29.
Monꨡsque artist Claude Gauthier was born in 1939 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. At age 18, he set out to restore frescoes in some of Monaco’s most luxurious residences. In 1965, he settled in the Principality of Monaco. His first solo exhibition took place in 1968 in Monaco. From then on, he regularly exhibited in and around the French Riviera, in France and abroad (Geneva, New York, Rome) and received countless awards. In 1972, Princess Grace honored him by opening his solo exhibit and members of the Princely Family have since given him their patronage at subsequent showings in Monaco. Among his many Monaco-inspired and -themed projects are greeting cards and postcards, stamps and artwork for the Police Department. His art is displayed at each Monꨡsque milestone: the 25th anniversary of Prince Rainier’s reign in 1974, the 700th anniversary of the Grimaldi dynasty in 1997, the 150th anniversary of Prince Albert I in 1998, Prince Rainier’s Jubilee in 1999. In 1999, Claude and his wife, Josette, were granted Monꨡsque citizenship.
