Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) Prints and Multiples
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)
Composition, Così fan tutte, Balthus
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) Prints and Multiples
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Composition, Così fan tutte, Balthus
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) Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
$1,996 Sale Price
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Composition, Così fan tutte, Balthus
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) Prints and Multiples
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Woodcut
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition, Così fan tutte, Balthus
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) Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition, Così fan tutte, Balthus
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...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Composition, Così fan tutte, Balthus
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...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
$1,996 Sale Price
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