Descended from a Genoese nobleman expelled from Genoa by his rivals in 1271, members of the different branches of the Grimaldis took power in Monaco, Antibes and Nice, and built castles at Grimaud, Cagnes-sur-Mer and Antibes.

In 1982 and 1987, the C. Grimaldis Gallery in Baltimore, Maryland organized exhibitions of his works from the 1970s, which Tom Weisser of the City Paper deemed, " de Kooning at his most accessible.

Grimaldis in particular shows his small scale table pieces and works in bronze, which, as noted by John Dorsey in the Baltimore Sun, " is in a line of work that descends from the 1960s and that grew out of Caro's desire to create table pieces that would not be seen as merely smaller versions of large sculptures.

In 1299, the Grimaldis and their allies launched a few galleys to attack the port of Genoa before taking refuge on the Western Riviera.

The Grimaldis acquired Menton in 1346 and Roquebrune in 1355, enlarging their possessions.

The Grimaldis made the old fortress their residence.

Not all the Grimaldis chose to return to Genoa, as they preferred to settle in their fiefdoms, where they could raise armies.

As was customary in Genoa, the Grimaldis organised their family ties within a corporation called albergo.

" JS finally returned home in 1827, when the Grimaldis were awakened one night to discover their son standing in the street, feverish, emaciated and dishevelled.

During the following years, the Grimaldis were going to enter into different alliances that would allow them to come back in force.

Cathédrale Notre-Dame-Immaculée ( Cathedral of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception ), also known as Saint Nicholas Cathedral, Monaco Cathedral ( French: Cathédrale de Monaco ), is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Monaco in Monaco-Ville, Monaco, where many of the Grimaldis were buried, including Grace Kelly and more recently, Rainier III.

The Grimaldis feared that the head of a rival Genoese family could break the fragile balance of power in a political coup and become lord of Genoa, as had happened in other Italian cities.

Through the Lens, group exhibition, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

Through the Lens: Eight Photographers, group exhibition, C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland.

To this day the title of Marquis des Baux remains with the Grimaldis, although administratively the town is entirely French.

After much conflict, the Grimaldis regained the rock in 1295, but suffered a significant amount of opposition in the ensuing years.

Albert II, the current Prince of Monaco is a descendant of the Grimaldis.

In 2004 to honor his 80th birthday, seven institutions including the C. Grimaldis Gallery in Baltimore and the Artemis Greenberg van Doren and Garth Clark Gallery in New York, Galerie Josine Bokhoven in Amsterdam, Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York, Galerie Daniel Templon in Paris and the Tate Britain held exhibitions of his work.

The C. Grimaldis Gallery has had a strong relationship with the artist for more than three decades, producing four solo exhibitions in twenty five years.

* Saunders, Wade, Anthony Caro Recent Sculptures ( Baltimore, C. Grimaldis Gallery, 1987 ).

* Millard, Charles, Anthony Caro Works of the 1980's ( Baltimore, C. Grimaldis Gallery, 1989 ).

* Payton, Neal, " Anthony Caro Sculpture: Towards Architecture, Recent Bronzes " ( Baltimore, C. Grimaldis Gallery, 1994 ) ASIN B0006RO25G.

* Adams, Virginia K., " Anthony Caro A Survey " ( Baltimore, C. Grimaldis Gallery, 2004 ) ASIN B003X59K3C.

* Represented by C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland

* 1984: " Elaine de Kooning: New Paintings ", C. Grimaldis Gallery, Baltimore, Maryland ;

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