Yesterday I learnt that...
... Yves Klein, the person behind the "International Klein Blue" hue / colour, was also an accomplished judoka (4th dan).
Context: I was at the library yesterday before Aikido training, and was browsing through books at the Martial arts section. I then came across a book on judo with a familiar sounding name: Yves Klein. At first I thought to myself, "that can't be... right? Surely it was someone else with the same name." A quick search on the internet proved me wrong. It was one and the same person!
This was most interesting. And it seems that the practice of judo had a strong influence on him as an artist as well! Here's an article from a gallery, the Amelie du Chalard Gallery: Yves Klein: From Judoka to Master of Color.
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