In the mid-1950s, Yves Klein (1928-1962) declared that "a new world calls for a new man." With his idiosyncratic style and huge charisma, this bold artist would go on to pursue a brief but bountiful career, producing more than 1,000 paintings over seven years in an oeuvre now considered a mainstay of postwar modernism. Klein made his name above all with his large monochrome canvases in his own patented hue of blue. International Klein Blue (IKB), composed of pure pigment and binding medium, is at once rich and luminous, evocative and decorative, and was conceived by Klein as a means of evoking the immateriality and infinitude of the world. The works of this "Blu ..

Au milieu des années 1950, Yves Klein (1928-1962) déclarait: Un nouveau monde réclame un homme nouveau. Avec son style très personnel et son immense charisme, cet artiste ambitieux allait connaître une carrière courte mais prolifique, créant pendant sept ans plus de mille peintures considérées aujourd'hui comme des chefs-d'oeuvre du modernisme d'après-guerre. C'est surtout par ses grands monochromes peints avec le bleu qu'il a fait breveter que Klein s'est fait connaître. Composé d'un pigment pur et d'un liant, l'International Klein Blue est à la fois riche et lumineux, évocateur et décoratif, conçu par Klein comme un moyen de suggérer l'immatérialité et la na ..

In the mid-1950s, Yves Klein (1928-1962) declared that "a new world calls for a new man." With his idiosyncratic style and huge charisma, this bold artist would go on to pursue a brief but bountiful career, producing more than 1,000 paintings over seven years in an oeuvre now considered a mainstay of postwar modernism. Klein made his name above all with his large monochrome canvases in his own patented hue of blue. International Klein Blue (IKB), composed of pure pigment and binding medium, is at once rich and luminous, evocative and decorative, and was conceived by Klein as a means of evoking the immateriality and infinitude of the world. The works of this "Blu ..