Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
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Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, better known as Balthus, was a 20th-century Polish-French modern painter renowned for his enigmatic, often controversial figurative works that blend classical technique with unsettling, dreamlike scenes.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Balthasar Klossowski de Rola canonical | 1 |
| Klossowski de Rola | 1 |
| Pierre Klossowski | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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modern artist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Balthus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Rossinière cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| child | Stanislas Klossowski de Rola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
France
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Poland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | France ⓘ |
| countryOfDeath | Switzerland ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1908-02-29 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2001-02-18 ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Polish ⓘ |
| familyName | Klossowski de Rola NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Erich Klossowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Balthasar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | contemporary figurative painters ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Caravaggio
NERFINISHED
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Piero della Francesca NERFINISHED ⓘ classical Renaissance painting ⓘ |
| knownFor |
classical technique with modern sensibility
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controversial depictions of adolescents ⓘ enigmatic figurative paintings ⓘ |
| mother | Elisabeth Dorothea Spiro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
figurative art
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modern art ⓘ surrealism-adjacent ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic |
cultivated aura of mystery
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refusal to explain his work ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Guitar Lesson
NERFINISHED
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The King of Cats NERFINISHED ⓘ The Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ The Street NERFINISHED ⓘ Thérèse Dreaming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
painter
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set designer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Paris ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Rossinière NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | director of the Académie de France à Rome ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Pierre Klossowski NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse |
Antoinette de Watteville
NERFINISHED
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Setsuko Ideta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
classical composition
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dreamlike atmosphere ⓘ psychological tension ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Italy
NERFINISHED
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Paris ⓘ Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.