San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
2016Block, Judy and Suzanne Stein, Editors
360 pages (color)
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1928 Nice, France - 1962. Known for: Mod painting, nudes.
Yves Klein was born in Nice, France on April 28, 1928. He was self-taught in art. He served in the French army while stationed in Germany. In 1962 he married Rotraut Uecker and they had a son, Yves,... Read full biography
Yves Klein was born in Nice, France on April 28, 1928. He was self-taught in art. He served in the French army while stationed in Germany. In 1962 he married Rotraut Uecker and they had a son, Yves, who was raised by his mother after his father's untimely death in 1962. Klein had traveled widely,... Read full biography
Yves Klein was born in Nice, France on April 28, 1928. He was self-taught in art. He served in the French army while stationed in Germany. In 1962 he married Rotraut Uecker and they had a son, Yves, who was raised by his mother after his father's untimely death in 1962. Klein had traveled widely, living in Japan in 1952 and 1953, earning a black belt in judo. Throughout the centuries artists have used models in assorted ways, but no one has ever used them in quite the manner of Parisian painter... Read full biography
Yves Klein was born in Nice, France on April 28, 1928. He was self-taught in art. He served in the French army while stationed in Germany. In 1962 he married Rotraut Uecker and they had a son, Yves, who was raised by his mother after his father's untimely death in 1962. Klein had traveled widely, living in Japan in 1952 and 1953, earning a black belt in judo. Throughout the centuries artists have used models in assorted ways, but no one has ever used them in quite the manner of Parisian painter Yves Klein. He had his nude models smear themselves with paint, then let them hurl themselves at a blank canvas while he shouted direction from a stepladder. He found that working with brushes was too finicky; he hit upon the idea of smeared models,... Read full biography
Yves Klein was born in Nice, France on April 28, 1928. He was self-taught in art. He served in the French army while stationed in Germany. In 1962 he married Rotraut Uecker and they had a son, Yves, who was raised by his mother after his father's untimely death in 1962. Klein had traveled widely, living in Japan in 1952 and 1953, earning a black belt in judo. Throughout the centuries artists have used models in assorted ways, but no one has ever used them in quite the manner of Parisian painter Yves Klein. He had his nude models smear themselves with paint, then let them hurl themselves at a blank canvas while he shouted direction from a stepladder. He found that working with brushes was too finicky; he hit upon the idea of smeared models, whom he called "living brushes." With this technique, Klein did not have to touch the painting at al... Read full biography
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 360 Views on the Collection
2016Small Scale Subversion: Mail Art & Artistamps
2015Held, John Held Jr.318 pagesAll That is Solid Melts Into Air: Five Reflections on Materialist Spirituality in Contemporary Art
2009
(Exhibition catalog)De Baere, Bart et al256 pagesArt Metropole: The Top 100 (National Gallery of Canada)
2006
(Exhibition catalog)Scott, Kitty et al137 pagesGlobal Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s
1999Bann, Stephen, et al279 pagesAccents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996Barbara and Peter Toohil363 pages (color)Videotexts
1995Gale, Peggy154 pagesBroken Music: Artists' Recordworks
1989Block, Ursula and Michael Glasmeier278 pages (color)