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As I lay stretched upon the beach of Nice, I began to feel hatred for birds which flew back and forth across my blue sky, cloudless sky, because they tried to bore holes in my greatest and most beautiful work.

Yves Klein

Yves Klein

Yves Klein

Born: April 28, 1928

Died: June 6, 1962 (aged 34)

Bio: Yves Klein was a French artist considered an important figure in post-war European art. He is the leading member of the French artistic movement of Nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic Pierre Restany.

Known for:

Leap into the Void (1960)
Anthropometry: Princess Helena (1960)
IKB74 (1958)
Untitled Blue Monochrome (1956)

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