Artist

Yves Klein

Portrait of Yves Klein
Portrait of Yves Klein

French, 1928–1962

Yves Klein was a French Contemporary Abstract artist. 4 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Modern Art. Yves Klein was born in Nice.

Yves Klein (French:; 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.

Works by Yves Klein

Collections represented

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