Pierre Restany

Pierre Restany
(by Erling Mandelmann, 1998)

Pierre Restany (22 June 1930 – 29 May 2003), was an internationally known French art critic and cultural philosopher.

Restany was born in Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda, Pyrénées-Orientales, and spent his childhood in Casablanca. On returning to France in 1949 he attended the Lycée Henri-IV before studying at universities in France, Italy and Ireland. From their first meeting in 1955, Restany maintained a strong tie with Yves Klein (to whom is attributed Klein-blue).[1]

  1. ^ Karen Moller,Technicolor Dreams, Olympia Press, p. 88