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Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

French, 1908–2001

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Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of young girls, but also for the refined, dreamlike quality of his imagery.

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Works in Collection

12 works
A Young Girl

A Young Girl

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

1947

André Derain

André Derain

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

1936

Illustrations for Bronte: Wuthering Heights. a) "...The Room is Haunted! I'm Afraid of Being Alone!". b) "Miss Cathy Seized Him Again"

Illustrations for Bronte: Wuthering Heights. a) "...The R...

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

(1933)

Joan Miró and His Daughter Dolores

Joan Miró and His Daughter Dolores

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

October 1937-January 1938

Study for Nude with Cat

Study for Nude with Cat

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

(c. 1949)

Study for The Room

Study for The Room

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

1949

Study for The Street

Study for The Street

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

(1929)

Study for the painting La Chambre Turque

Study for the painting La Chambre Turque

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

1963

Study of a Nude

Study of a Nude

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

(1964)

The Living Room

The Living Room

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

1942

The Street

The Street

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

1933

a) Study for Cathy Dressing b) Study for The Street

a) Study for Cathy Dressing b) Study for The Street

Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)

(1933)

Exhibitions

36 exhibitions

May 10, 1939 – Sep 30, 1939

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

154 artists

Oct 23, 1940 – Jan 12, 1941

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

80 artists

May 06, 1941 – Apr 30, 1941

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

74 artists

Dec 09, 1942 – Jan 24, 1943

Twentieth Century Portraits

159 artists · 1 curator

May 24, 1944 – Oct 15, 1944

Painting, Sculpture, Prints

133 artists · 1 curator

Feb 15, 1945 – Mar 18, 1945

Recent Acquisitions

38 artists

Jun 20, 1945 – Feb 13, 1946

The Museum Collection of Painting and Sculpture

174 artists

Apr 01, 1947 – May 04, 1947

Large-Scale Modern Paintings

16 artists · 1 curator

Aug 29, 1950 – Oct 15, 1950

Painting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection

72 artists · 1 curator

Jun 26, 1951 – Sep 09, 1951

Selections from 5 New York Private Collections

34 artists · 1 curator

Jun 23, 1953 – Oct 04, 1953

Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism

100 artists · 2 curators

Oct 19, 1954 – Feb 06, 1955

XXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection

260 artists

Dec 19, 1956 – Feb 03, 1957

Balthus

1 artist · 1 curator

Apr 23, 1958 – May 18, 1958

50 Selections from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss

41 artists · 1 curator

Feb 01, 1961 – Mar 04, 1961

Painting and Sculpture from the James Thrall Soby Collection

37 artists

Aug 06, 1963 – Sep 29, 1963

60 Modern Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

45 artists · 1 curator

Apr 13, 1965 – Jul 14, 1965

John S. Newberry: A Memorial Exhibition

32 artists · 1 curator

Sep 06, 1965 – Jan 23, 1966

44 Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

33 artists · 1 curator

Oct 31, 1966 – May 08, 1967

Drawings from the Museum Collection

53 artists

Jun 26, 1967 – Nov 22, 1967

Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

45 artists

Feb 18, 1969 – Mar 30, 1969

Drawings: Recent Acquisitions

17 artists · 1 curator

Nov 10, 1970 – Apr 21, 1971

The Nude: Thirty 20th-Century Drawings

24 artists · 1 curator

Mar 29, 1972

Permanent Collection

45 artists · 2 curators

Mar 07, 1973 – Jun 04, 1973

Works on Paper

58 artists

Jun 13, 1974 – Sep 08, 1974

Seurat to Matisse: Drawing in France

79 artists · 1 curator

Aug 05, 1975 – Sep 28, 1975

Modern Masters: Manet to Matisse

21 artists · 1 curator

Apr 28, 1978 – Jul 04, 1978

A Treasury of Modern Drawing: The Joan and Lester Avnet Collection

89 artists · 1 curator

Mar 22, 1979 – May 09, 1979

The James Thrall Soby Bequest

9 artists · 1 curator

Aug 09, 1979 – Nov 13, 1979

Gifts of Drawing

54 artists · 1 curator

Jan 25, 1980 – Apr 22, 1980

Four Recently Discovered Picabias and Other Modern Master Acquisitions

7 artists · 2 curators

Dec 22, 1980 – Mar 10, 1981

The Symbolist Aesthetic

47 artists · 1 curator

Aug 20, 1981 – Oct 06, 1981

Words and Pictures

49 artists · 1 curator

Sep 30, 1981 – Jan 04, 1982

Balthus: Works from the Collection

1 artist

Mar 08, 1982 – Mar 01, 1983

Masterpieces from the Collection

19 artists · 2 curators

May 17, 1984

Selections from the Permanent Collection: Painting and Sculpture

59 artists · 2 curators

Jun 25, 1987 – Oct 13, 1987

Drawing since 1940

58 artists · 1 curator