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Realist of the unreal French-German painter Count Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (1908-2001), known as Balthus, shocked the Parisian art world in 1934 with his dreamy, sensual, Neo-Classical portraits of nymphets at a time when Surrealism and abstraction were de rigueur. As a provocateur, Balthus was often scorned; as an artist, he was widely embraced as a prodigy. In response to critics of his realist style, Balthus said: "The real isn't what you think you see. One can be a realist of the unreal and a figurative painter of the invisible." His erotic, poetic paintings live on as examples of the best figurative work of the modern era.
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Balthus : Balthasar Klossowski de Rola : 1908-2001 : the king of cats, Gilles Néret, Christopher R. Miller
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- 2003
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- Title
- Balthus : Balthasar Klossowski de Rola : 1908-2001 : the king of cats
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Gilles Néret, Christopher R. Miller
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Released
- 2003
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 96
- ISBN10
- 382282206x
- ISBN13
- 9783822822067
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Art
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- Realist of the unreal French-German painter Count Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (1908-2001), known as Balthus, shocked the Parisian art world in 1934 with his dreamy, sensual, Neo-Classical portraits of nymphets at a time when Surrealism and abstraction were de rigueur. As a provocateur, Balthus was often scorned; as an artist, he was widely embraced as a prodigy. In response to critics of his realist style, Balthus said: "The real isn't what you think you see. One can be a realist of the unreal and a figurative painter of the invisible." His erotic, poetic paintings live on as examples of the best figurative work of the modern era.