Balthus
Sign in to saveAlso known as Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, Count Balthazar Klossowski de Rola, Baltusz, Balthasar Klossowsky, Balthus Klossowski, Balthasar Klossowsky de Rola, Klossovski de Rola
Balthasar Klossowski (; February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), also known as Balthus (), was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of young girls, and the dreamlike quality of his imagery.
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Balthus was a French painter, scenographer, draftsperson, and illustrator. Born in Paris in 1908 to Erich Klossowski and Baladine Klossowska, he held citizenship in France and Poland. His professional work encompassed painting, landscape painting, still life, portrait, and erotic art. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Arts and participated in Documenta 6.
He received the Praemium Imperiale award. Balthus worked in Paris, Rome, Rossinière, and Japan. He died in Rossinière in 2001 and was buried there. His works are held in the collections of the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, and the Museum of Modern Art. He spoke French and had a sibling named Pierre Klossowski.
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Film & TV
Known for
- Ettore Sottsass - Der Sinn der Dinge — self2007
- Alberto Giacometti: What is a Head? — Self2000
- Âme belge — Wurtselchen / Barsac1921
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Key facts
- Artist.name
- Balthus
- Artist.image
- BalthusFace.jpg
- Artist.caption
- Balthus by Damian Pettigrew (1996)
- Artist.birth_name
- Balthasar Klossowski
- Artist.native_name
- Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
- Artist.birth_place
- Paris, France
- Artist.death_place
- Rossinière, Switzerland
- Artist.field
- Painting, drawing, watercolor
- Artist.works
- The Street (1933–1935)The Mountain (1937)Nude Before a Mirror (1955)
- Artist.awards
- Praemium Imperiale
- Artist.children
- Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, Thaddeus Klossowski de Rola, Harumi Klossowska de Rola
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Place of death
- Rossinière
- Father
- Erich Klossowski
- Mother
- Baladine Klossowska
- Sibling
- Pierre Klossowski
- Occupation
- photographer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Praemium Imperiale
- Participant in
- Documenta 6
- Field of work
- erotic art
- Genre
- portrait
- Movement
- New Objectivity
- Image
- Oliver Mark - Balthus, Rossinière 2000 (2).jpg
- Work location
- Rome
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- Commons category
- Balthus
- date of birth
- 1908-02-29
- date of death
- 2001-02-18
- member of
- Royal Academy of Arts
- name in native language
- Balthus
- has works in the collection
- Musée Picasso
- ethnic group
- French
- place of burial
- Rossinière
- pseudonym
- Klossowski, Balthasar
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Early years
- Young adulthood
- Champrovent to Chassy
- Later years
- Style and themes
- Influence and legacy
- In popular culture
- Exhibitions
- Films on Balthus
- References
- Bibliography
- Further reading
- External links
Balthasar Klossowski (; February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), also known as Balthus (), was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of young girls, and the dreamlike quality of his imagery.
Balthus rejected the usual conventions of the art world. Insisting that his paintings must be seen rather then read, he resisted attempts to build a biographical profile. Late in life, he was interviewed by neurobiologist Semir Zeki, in Rossinière, Switzerland and at the Palazzo Farnese in Rome. The interviews were published in 1995 under the title ''La Quête de l'essentiel''. In these conversations, he discussed some of his views on art, painting, and his contemporaries.
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