Balthus

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figurative painter modern painter painter person

Balthus was a 20th-century Polish-French modern painter known for his enigmatic, often controversial figurative works that blend classical technique with unsettling, dreamlike scenes.

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Label Occurrences
Balthus canonical 6
"Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us look at the pictures." 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf figurative painter ⓘ
modern painter ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
artStyle classical technique ⓘ
dreamlike scenes ⓘ
figurative painting ⓘ
birthName Balthasar Klossowski de Rola ⓘ
burialPlace Rossinière, Switzerland ⓘ
controversy sexualization of minors in his paintings ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
Poland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-02-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-02-18 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin French ⓘ
Polish ⓘ
familyName Balthasar Klossowski de Rola ⓘ
surface form: Klossowski de Rola
givenName Balthasar ⓘ
influencedBy Piero della Francesca ⓘ
Renaissance painting ⓘ
classical European art ⓘ
knownFor cultivating an aura of mystery ⓘ
refusal to explain his paintings ⓘ
livedIn Chassy, Burgundy, France ⓘ
Rossinière, Switzerland ⓘ
movement Figurative art ⓘ
Modern art ⓘ
Surrealism-adjacent ⓘ
notableFor blend of classical and modern sensibilities ⓘ
controversial depictions of adolescents ⓘ
enigmatic figurative compositions ⓘ
notableWork The Golden Days ⓘ
The Guitar Lesson ⓘ
The King of Cats ⓘ
The Mountain ⓘ
The Room ⓘ
The Street ⓘ
Thérèse Dreaming ⓘ
occupation art director ⓘ
painter ⓘ
stage designer ⓘ
parent Elisabeth Dorothea Spiro ⓘ
Erich Klossowski ⓘ
placeOfBirth Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
placeOfDeath Rossinière, Switzerland ⓘ
positionHeld director of the French Academy in Rome ⓘ
pseudonym Balthus ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
selfDescription Balthus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: "Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us look at the pictures."
sibling Balthasar Klossowski de Rola ⓘ
surface form: Pierre Klossowski
signatureTheme ambiguous eroticism ⓘ
interiors with adolescent girls ⓘ
still, theatrical compositions ⓘ
spouse Antoinette de Watteville ⓘ
Setsuko Ideta ⓘ
subjectOf retrospectives at major museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ
workLocation Paris ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ

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Pierre Matisse → representedArtist → Balthus ⓘ
Académie de la Grande Chaumière → hasNotableStudent → Balthus ⓘ
Tériade → collaboratedWith → Balthus ⓘ
Pierre Matisse Gallery → representedArtist → Balthus ⓘ
Pierre Matisse Gallery → exhibitedWorkBy → Balthus ⓘ
Balthus → pseudonym → Balthus ⓘ
Balthus → selfDescription → Balthus self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us look at the pictures."