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Candy Store, Amsterdam Avenue, New York, 1955

 

Born in Manhattan in 1928,

Klein visited the city’s art museums as a teenager

and longed to get to Europe.

 

By 1948

he was in Paris where he studied at the Sorbonne,

working briefly under artist Fernand Léger.

He has lived there ever since

 

All photograph: William Klein

Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery

 

‘Wildly inventive’:

the many faces of William Klein – in pictures

The multifaceted artist worked in photography, film and paint

– a new retrospective explores his pioneering work around the globe

from Harlem to Dakar

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Wed 8 Jun 2022    07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jun/08/
wildly-inventive-the-many-faces-of-william-klein-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moves and Pepsi, Harlem, New York, 1955

 

A new retrospective of William Klein’s work

explores the artist’s life and career,

highlighting his development as an artist

and the connections between his different practices.

William Klein:

YES is at the International Center of Photography,

New York until 12 September.

 

All photograph: William Klein

Courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery

 

 

‘Wildly inventive’:

the many faces of William Klein – in pictures

The multifaceted artist worked in photography, film and paint

– a new retrospective explores his pioneering work around the globe

from Harlem to Dakar

G

Wed 8 Jun 2022    07.00 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jun/08/
wildly-inventive-the-many-faces-of-william-klein-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

William Klein        France, USA

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/william-klein

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/sep/18/
the-big-picture-geometric-elegance-in-rome-william-klein-vogue

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/sep/15/
william-klein-obituary

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2022/jun/08/
wildly-inventive-the-many-faces-of-william-klein-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/nov/06/
william-klein-my-pictures-showed-everything-i-resented-about-america

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2013/04/03/
175605582/you-cant-put-a-headline-on-william-klein

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2003/05/06/
1238966/the-season-of-william-klein

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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