Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) Art
French, 1908-2001
Balthus was born on 29 February 1908 into a cosmopolitan family; his father was of Prussian and Polish origin and his mother, Elsa Dorothea Spiro, nicknamed Baladine, was of Ashkenazi and Russian descent. At the beginning of the war, his family took refuge in Switzerland, where he stayed with his mother while his parents separated. In 1919, his mother met the poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875 - 1926) who became her lover; Balthus (the nickname of the painter from which he chose his artist's name) was brought up in the artistic milieu of his mother's friends. Balthus moved to Paris with his mother in 1924. He enrolled at the Grande Chaumière academy and frequented Pierre Bonnard's studio. In 1926, he travelled to Italy where he discovered the frescoes of Piero della Francesca and Masaccio, which had a lasting influence on his art. Influenced by the surrealists, he held his first solo exhibition in 1934. Alongside his paintings, which were increasingly successful, he created several theatre, ballet and opera sets, an activity he continued after the war. In 1938, he held his first exhibition in New York.
He married Antoinette de Watteville (1912-1997) in 1937 and the couple settled during the war first in Champrovent in Savoie, then in Fribourg in Switzerland where two of their sons were born and finally in Cologny near Geneva from 1942 onwards. In 1945 the couple separated and Balthus returned to Paris. In 1953, Balthus, then aged 45, decided to move to the Château de Chassy in the Morvan region. He was soon joined there by his niece by marriage (the daughter of his brother Pierre Klossowski's wife from her first marriage), Frédérique Tison, who became his muse and mistress. At Chassy, facing the landscapes of the Morvan, in the immense space of the house, Balthus worked and created a huge number of works. His painting evolved to become closer to the fresco, in the manner of the Italian Renaissance masters. Frédérique Tison accompanied Balthus to Rome when he was appointed Director of the Villa Medici by André Malraux in 1961. When they finally broke up in 1966, Balthus gave her Chassy where she settled. In 1962, during a trip to Japan, Balthus met Setsuko Ideta. She became his wife in 1967. In 1977, at the end of their time in Rome, they settled in a large chalet in Rossinière (Switzerland) where the painter lived until his death on 18 February 2001.to
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Artist: Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Jeune Fille Assise
By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
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Study for "Getting up" – 1955, a preparatory drawing by Balthus (1908 -2001)
By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
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Provenance: Frédérique Tison, Château de Chassy (Burgundy-Franche Comté - France)
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Woodcut in colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 19 x 18 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Così fan tutte. Dramma giocoso in due atti. Musi...
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By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut in colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 19 x 18 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Così fan tutte. Dramma giocoso in due atti. Musi...
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Early 2000s Modern Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) Art
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By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut in colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 19 x 18 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Così fan tutte. Dramma giocoso in due atti. Musi...
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Woodcut in colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 19 x 18 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Così fan tutte. Dramma giocoso in due atti. Musi...
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Early 2000s Modern Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) Art
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By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut in colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 19 x 18 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Così fan tutte. Dramma giocoso in due atti. Musi...
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Early 2000s Modern Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) Art
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$1,996 Sale Price
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By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut in colors on vélin paper. Paper Size: 19 x 18 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Così fan tutte. Dramma giocoso in due atti. Musi...
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Woodcut
$1,996 Sale Price
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Study For Three Sisters - Figurative Mixed Media Drawing on Paper, 1954
By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Study for Three Sisters," a 1954 mixed media drawing by Balthus, offers an intimate glimpse into the artist's preliminary creative process. Executed in pencil with subtle blue water...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) Art
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