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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.

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Yves Klein

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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:
  1. Leap into the Void (1960)
  2. Anthropometry: Princess Helena (1960)
  3. IKB74 (1958)
  4. Untitled Blue Monochrome (1956)
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