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  |  | SAINT-PHALLE (DE) Niki (1930-2002) "Once I painted in a brillant red, the vine leaves covering the sex of the statues in the school hall" 
    
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    |  |  | Niki SAINT-PHALLE (DE), a few dates |  |  
 
	
    | 1930 | born on October 29 1930 in Neuilly-sur -Seine |  
    | 1960 | joins the New Realism movement |  
    | 1961 | first exhibition, she obtains success by shooting paint |  
    | 1966 | works with the help of Jean Tinguely ("Hon, Elle") on a monumental 23/6m woman exhibited at the Moderna Museet in Stockolm |  
    | 1971 | marries the painter Jean Tinguely |  
    | 1979 | works in Garavivvhio in Toscana on the tarot garden inspired by the cards characters, which opened in 1998 |  
    | 2002 | died on May 21st 2002 in San Diego |  
    | 2002 | died in San Diego |  |