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date: 25 May 2025

Klein, Yves 

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The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists
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Ian Chilvers

(b Nice, 28 Apr. 1928; d Paris, 6 June 1962).French painter and experimental artist, one of the most influential figures in European avant-garde art in the post-war period. Both his parents were painters, but he had no formal artistic training, and for much of his short life he earned his living as a judo instructor (in ... ...

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