caption movement death_date death_place birth_place nationality field birth_date spouse works image article_title name
white opera , 1959 yves klein during the work on the gelsenkirchen nouveau réalisme 6 june 1962 paris , france nice , france french painting , performance art 28 april 1928 fr rotraut uecker rotraut '' symphony '' -lrb- 1949 -rrb- ikb 191 '' -lrb- 1962 -rrb- '' monotone yves_klein . jpg yves klein
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yves klein

yves klein -lrb- ; 28 april 1928 -- 6 june 1962 -rrb- was a french artist considered an important figure in post-war european art .
he is the leading member of the french artistic movement of nouveau réalisme founded in 1960 by art critic pierre restany .
klein was a pioneer in the development of performance art , and is seen as an inspiration to , and as a forerunner of , minimal art , as well as pop art .
