Yves Klein (French pronunciation:[ivklɛ̃]; 28 April 1928 – 6 June 1962) was a French artist and an important figure in post-war European art. He was a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany. Klein was a pioneer in the development of performance art, and is seen as an inspiration to and as a forerunner of minimal art, as well as pop art. He is known for the development and use of International Klein Blue.
YvesKlein (French pronunciation: [iv klɛ̃]; 28 April 1928 – 6 June 1962) was a French artist and an important figure in post-war European art. He was...
International Klein Blue (IKB) is a deep blue hue first mixed by the French artist YvesKlein. IKB's visual impact comes from its heavy reliance on ultramarine...
YvesKlein Blue was an Australian indie rock band from Brisbane, which formed in 2005 and disbanded in 2010. The line-up included Chris Banham on drums...
Burden, Hermann Nitsch, Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Tehching Hsieh, YvesKlein and Vito Acconci. Some of the main exponents more recently are Tania Bruguera...
diverse as Pablo Picasso, Yayoi Kusama, Giorgio Morandi, and others. YvesKlein had painted monochromes as early as 1949, and held the first private exhibition...
his ironic approach to avant-garde art. Often compared to the work of YvesKlein, his own work anticipated, and directly influenced, the work of a generation...
manufacturer Klein + M.B.O., an Italian musical group Klein Award, for comic art YvesKlein, French artist Klein bottle, an unusual shape in topology Klein geometry...
Illusionary dark gray color International Klein Blue – Deep blue pigment first mixed by the French artist YvesKlein Super black – Highly light-absorbent surface...
joint declaration was signed on 27 October 1960, in YvesKlein's workshop, by nine people: YvesKlein, Arman, Martial Raysse, Pierre Restany, Daniel Spoerri...
Fashion Week. He was hailed as the new Yves Saint Laurent, and was noted for his clean lines.[citation needed] Klein married Jayne Centre, a textile designer...
in Nice. He also studied judo at a police school in Nice, where he met YvesKlein and Claude Pascal. The trio bonded closely on a subsequent hitch-hiking...
in art authentication. International Klein Blue (IKB) a deep blue hue first mixed by the French artist YvesKlein. Electric ultramarine is the tone of...
people visit her tomb each year from all over the world. French painter YvesKlein had been dedicated to her as an infant. In 1961, he created a Shrine of...
followed by Michelangelo Pistoletto in 2016, Jenny Holzer in 2017, and YvesKlein in 2018, Maurizio Cattelan in 2019, and Cecily Brown in 2020. In 2021...
level of modernity.” Arnault's collection includes works by Picasso, YvesKlein, Henry Moore, and Andy Warhol. He was also instrumental in establishing...
including YvesKlein, Jean Tinguely, Arman, Takis and René Laubies. The Iris Clert Gallery opened in 1955, in the middle of Paris's fine-art district. Yves Klein...
YvesKlein, from 1959. It is one of his monochrome paintings, of which he made around 200, in the colour blue that he conceived, International Klein Blue...
wrote his theses on Brâncuși and YvesKlein; although colour blind, he wrote the final thesis on International Klein Blue (IKB), which he has described...
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