What is Christian Boltanski?
{{Infobox artist | name = Christian Boltanski | image = Christian Boltanski (UNTREF - Bienal Sur 2016) (cropped).jpg | image_size = | caption = Boltanski in 2016 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1944|9|6|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Paris]], [[Provisional Government of the French Republic|France]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2021|7|14|1944|9|6|df=y}} | death_place = Paris, France | nationality = French | known_for = Sculpture, Painting, Photography, [[Installation art]] | training = | movement = | notable_works = }} '''Christian Boltanski''' (6 September 1944 – 14 July 2021) was a French sculptor, photographer, painter, and filmmaker. He was best known for his photography works and contemporary French Conceptual style.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/artists/christian-boltanski/|title=Christian Boltanski {{!}} artnet|website=www.artnet.com|access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref> His 1989 portrait, ''[[Monument to the Lycée Chases]]'' hangs at the [[University of Michigan Museum of Art]]. He had solo exhibitions at the [[New Museum]] (1988), the [[Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein]], the [[La Maison Rouge]] gallery, The [[Musée d'Art et d'Histoire du Judaïsme]], and many others. Boltanski died on 14 July 2021 at a [[Paris]] hospital from [[cancer]], aged 76.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2021/07/14/l-artiste-plasticien-christian-boltanski-est-mort_6088254_3382.html|title=L'artiste plasticien Christian Boltanski est mort|work=Le Monde|date=14 July 2021|access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref> == Gallery == <gallery> File:Christian Boltanski sculpture in Folkestone.jpg|[[Sound installation]] ''The Whispers'', Folkestone Triennal (2008) File:Krypta (Salzburger Dom) room 2 - Vanitas by Christian Boltanski.jpg|''Vanitas'', Salzburger Dom 2008. File:Christian Boltanski. Signatures.jpg|''Signatures'', 2011. File:Les habitants de l'hôtel de Saint-Aignan en 1939 (détail), Christian Boltanski - Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsm