BalthusJean Clair (ed) New York, 2001 - 495 頁 Balthazar Klossowski, known as Balthus, is largely regarded as one of the twentieth century's most important painters-- as well as the most scandalous. His dreamlike canvases populated with pubescent girls in provocative poses garnered him both praise and scorn from artists and critics alike. This volume, edited by renowned scholar Jean Clair, includes more than 400 color plates and includes essays by the premier experts on Balthus's work and life as well as recollections of the artist by his colleagues and friends. Since the beginning of his seventy-five year career, he was admired for his extraordinary ability to straddle tradition and modernity, as is evident with his references to Renaissance masters such as Piero della Francesca. His work also revealed ties to early modernism as his first apprenticeships were guided by Claude Monet, Emile Bonnard, and Andre Derain. Nonetheless, by 1926, the year of his first solo exhibition in Paris, the exceptional "newness" of his work had garnered him a distinguished following including major French intellectuals such as Georges Bataille, Albert Camus, and Antonin Artaud. This volume, which accompanies the largest exhibition to date of the artist's work, traces every stage of Balthus's career including an essay devoted to his early life and influences as well as a chapter devoted to the influence of Chinese paintings on his landscapes. A portion of the book is devoted to recollections by his friends who shed light on the elusive painter's life. The volume is complete with an extensive catalogue of his work which includes paintings, drawings, sketches for theatre sets as well as scores of photos of the artist taken by majorphotographers. |
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A.M. Cassandre Académie de France André Andros Antoinette Antonin Artaud Baladine Klossowska Baladine's Balthus Balthus painted Balthus's Beatenberg Berlin Bern Cassandre catalog MNAM.CNACGP Cathy Cenci Chambre Champrovent Chassy Chat Chinese cm monogrammed cm private collection cm signed composition Così fan tutte costumes dated lower left drawing Erich Klossowski Etude exhibition catalog fan tutte Fox Weber 1999 fresco Galerie Pierre Geneva Giacometti India ink Jean Clair Jean Leymarie Jeune fille Kisaragi Klossowski 1996 Klossowski de Rola landscape Lausanne letter Leyris London Minotaure miroir Mitsou Monnier Monte Calvello Museum Nude oil on canvas painter Paris peintre pencil on paper Picasso Piero della Francesca Pierre Jean Jouve Pierre Klossowski Pierre Leyris Pierre Matisse Pierre Matisse Gallery Portrait private collection provenance Rainer Maria Rilke Rossinière scene signed and dated Spoleto Study Takashina Tate Gallery Tate Gallery 1968 Villa Medici water color Xing young girl