Yves Klein
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1928
- Died
- 1962
- Works
- 39
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
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- 996
- Total plays
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Yves Klein was a French artist and is considered as an important figure in post-war European art. New York critics of Klein's time classify him as Neo-Dada, but other critics have classified Klein as an early, though "enigmatic" Post-Modernist. Klein is well known for the photograph: "Saut dans le vide" (Leap into the Void), which apparently shows him jumping off a wall, and arms outstretched towards the pavement. He used the photograph as evidence of his ability to undertake unaided lunar trav
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis
· 2012 · cited 64,727x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 38,900x
- <b>lavaan</b>: An<i>R</i>Package for Structural Equation Modeling
· 2012 · cited 21,890x
- Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis
· 2018 · cited 10,892x
- Sarcopenia: European consensus on definition and diagnosis
· 2010 · cited 9,906x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1928-04-28 ) 28 April 1928, Nice , France
- Died
- 6 June 1962 (1962-06-06) (aged 34), Paris, France
- Known for
- Painting, performance art
- Notable work
- IKB 191 (1962), Monotone Symphony (1949)
- Movement
- Nouveau réalisme
- Spouse
- Rotraut Klein-Moquay
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1 January 1928
- Died
- 6 June 1962
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Yves
- Family name
- Klein
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Nice
- Place of death
- Paris
- Spouse
- Rotraut
- Father
- Fred Klein
- Mother
- Marie Raymond
Article
Yves Klein ( French: [iv klɛ̃]; 28 April 1928 – 6 June 1962) was a French artist and an important figure in postwar 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 developed and used International Klein Blue.
Biography