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Yves Klein imitation The French painter Yves Klein was one of the founders of the artists’ movement Nouveau Réalisme, which was founded in his house. Yves Klein did not receive any art education. He became famous for his blue monochrome paintings, which he first exhibited in galleries in Milan and Paris in 1957.
International Klein Blue
In 1956 he exhibited a number of monochrome paintings. At this time he decided to only use the color blue from then on. This color was called ‘International Klein Blue’ (IKB) by Klein. The artist is said to have been searching for this color for years. He would eventually find it by adding the fixative Rhodopas to ultramarine blue. This blue became his trademark. He first showed these works in 1957 at Galerie Apollinaire in Milan and Galerie Iris Clert in Paris.
Education
Yves Klein was born on April 28, 1928 in Nice. He was the son of the artist couple Fred Klein and Marie Raymond. After high school, he briefly attended the National Maritime School. He then studied at the School of Oriental Languages from 1944 to 1946. Klein did a bit of everything. He viewed his life as a work of art in itself. During these years he met Arman and Claude Pascal.
Happenings
In the early sixties, he used blue-painted models to make prints on the canvas. This ‘painting’ took place during happenings, with a band playing music. Yves Klein exhibited in Paris, Düsseldorf, London, and the United States. In 1957, he released 1001 blue balloons at the opening of an exhibition.
Bij een andere opening kregen de bezoekers aan de galerie een drankje, waardoor na afloop hun urine blauw kleurde.
Op 21 januari 1962 trouwde Yves Klein met de kunstenares Rotraut Uecker, de zus van kunstenaar Günther Uecker, die lid was van de kunstenaarsgroep Zero. Klein kreeg in mei 1962 een hartaanval tijdens het filmfestival van Cannes. Later werd hij nog twee keer door een aanval getroffen. Yves Klein overleed op 6 juni 1962 op 34-jarige leeftijd in Parijs aan de gevolgen van deze hartproblemen. Enkele maanden later werd zijn zoon Yves Armand geboren.
www.ftn-books.com has sseveral Klein catalogs now available.
