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• Ives Klein
	KLEIN Yves, born 1928, Nice, France - 1962, Paris. French artist.
	1944-46	Studied at the Ecole Nationale de la Marine marchande.
	1946/47	Friendship with Claude Pascal and Arman. Developed first theories on monochromism and composed his 'Symphony Monoton', a work consisting of one single note, ...
	1949	... which was performed in 1949 for the first time with Klein conducting.
	1952/53	Lived in Japan, where he won a black belt in judo.
	1955	Returned to Paris and ran a judo school.
	1956	From 1956 monochrome pictures in 'International Klein Blue' (IKB), a luminous ultramarine blue whose mixture Klein himself developed.
	1957	Showed his Période bleue in the Galleria Apollinaire in Milan.
	1958	First 'Anthropométries: Body prints of female models, who where dipped in Ives Klein Blue. Presentations of empty rooms.
	1960	Exhibition of his first Monochrome gold paintings at the Salon Antagonismes and of his Anthropométries de l'Epoque in the Galerie Internationale d'Art Contemporain in Paris. Founder member of the Nouveaux Réalistes. First 'Cosmogonies', images created by the action of natural elements (e.g. rain, wind, plant imprints).
	1961	First planetary relief and first fire pictures.
	1962	Composition of the 'Symphonie Monoton No.2'. Created complete body casts of his friends Arman, Martial Raysse and Claude Pascal.
	1964/68	After his death in 1962 his work participated in documenta 3 and 4 in Kassel.
	1983	First major retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
	1994	Major retrospective at the Ludwig Museum, Cologne.
	With his use of unusual materials and unconventional techniques, and the involvement of the elements fire, water and air in the creative process, Klein did much to extend the boundaries of which is considered 'art'.
'La Grande Bataille', 1961, IKB - International Yves Klein Blue blue pigment on paper laid down on canvas, 286 x 371cm (ca. 113 x 147 ") [ back to movement tachisme' ] [ back to nouveaux realisme' ]