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Yves Klein Quotes

20th century French visual artist (1928–1962)

Yves Klein (28 April 1928 – 6 June 1962) was a French artist and is considered an important figure in post-war European art. He made a lot of monochrome paintings, mostly in his famous blue, and in gold colour. He had a lot of influence on Manzoni, the Zero-artists and Joseph Beuys.

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Similar: Paul Klee 51.9% Wassily Kandinsky 50.0% Willem de Kooning 49.5% Piet Mondrian 49.1% Antoni Tàpies 48.4% Karel Appel 48.2% Gerhard Richter 48.0% Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 47.8% Jean Dubuffet 47.7% Georges Braque 47.6%
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