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- French Painter Born: April 28, 1928 - Nice, France
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Childhood. Yves Klein was born on April 28, 1928, in Nice, France, to an artistic family; his mother, Marie Raymond, was a leading figure in the Art Informel movement, while his father, Fred Klein, painted figures and landscapes characteristic of the Post-Impressionists.
- French
- April 28, 1928
- Nice, France
- June 6, 1962
Yves Klein (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 a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany .
- IKB 191 (1962), Monotone Symphony (1949)
- Nouveau réalisme
- Painting, performance art
- Rotraut Klein-Moquay
Apr 29, 2024 · Yves Klein (born April 28, 1928, Nice, France—died June 6, 1962, Paris) was a French artist associated with the Parisian Nouveau Réalisme movement championed by the French critic Pierre Restany.
Yves Klein was born on 28 th April 1928 in Nice to Frederic Klein – aka Fred Klein (Bandung, 1898 - Paris, 1990), a Dutch figurative painter born himself in Indonesia. His mother, nee Marie Raymond (La Colle-sur-Loup, 1908 - Paris, 1989), is at the time a young artist who will eventually become a well-known abstract painter.
Klein was born in Nice, in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France. His parents, Fred Klein and Marie Raymond, were both painters. His father painted in a loose post-impressionist style, while his mother was a leading figure in Art informel, and held regular soirées with other leading practitioners of this Parisian abstract movement.
- French
- April 28, 1928
- Nice, France
- June 6, 1962
French artist chiefly noted for his blue monochrome paintings and for his audacious experiments with new techniques and new attitudes to art. Born in Nice; both his parents were painters. Began to paint in the late 1940s and formulated his first monochrome theories. Lived in Japan 1952-3.
Yves Klein (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 a leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany.
