There are few artists who actually create a color. One such man was Frenchman Yves Klein, a somewhat polarizing figure among art critics (was he Neo-Dada? No, Post-Modern!) and an artists with the intellect to invent a new color, the talent to put it to good use, and the audacity to name it International Klein Blue.
He painted in free-form styles, using everything from wind and rain to blowtorches to work his canvases. He also used, famously, naked women. He generally worked with a single color; can you guess which?
International Klein Blue
