Yves Klein, little prince of an empty planet

For a long time, Yves Klein was this funny young man, bowl cut, suit, tie and patent shoes, whose outfit contrasted with the naked bodies of his models, women-brushes whose reliefs directly sketched the primitive clouds of his Anthropométrie de l 'Blue era(1960). For a long time, Yves Klein was this fanatic of art, both precocious judoka (4th dan) and esoteric philosopher whose actions sowed the mystery, whose speeches added spice and perplexity to the reflection on art. For a long time, Yves Klein was this brilliant comet, an autodidact born in 1928 to painters parents - Fred Klein (1898-1990) and Marie Raymond (1908-1989) -, the dazzling theorist of his understanding of the world, the inventor of his own color, the IKB (International Klein Blue) patented in 1956, characteristic of the works of his “Blue Epoch” and which until 1959 was his signature, which had become so popular.

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