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Published on: 2013-09-25
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The first full-scale biography of one of the most elusive and enigmatic painters of our time -- the self-proclaimed Count Balthus Klossowski de Rola -- whose brilliantly rendered, markedly sexualized portraits, especially of young girls, are among the most memorable images in contemporary art.The story of Balthus's life has been shrouded by contradiction and hearsay, most of it his own invention; over the years he created for himself a persona of mystery, aristocracy, and glamour. Now, in Nicholas Fox Weber's superb biography, Balthus, the man and the artist, stands revealed as never before. He was born in Paris in 1908 to Polish parents. At age twelve he first stepped into the spotlight with the publication of forty of his drawings illustrating a story about a cat by Rainer Maria Rilke, who was then Balthus's mother's lover and a crucial influence on the young boy. From that moment, Balthus has never been out of the public eye. In 1934 his first exhibition, in Paris, stunned the art world. The seven canvases drew attention to his extraordinary technique -- a  mix of tradition and imagination informed by the work of Piero della Francesca, Courbet, and Joseph Reinhardt, but unique to the twenty-six-year-old artist -- and to their provocative content; one of the paintings, The Guitar Lesson, was so powerful in its sadomasochistic imagery that it was deemed necessary to remove it from public display. Continuously since then, Balthus's work has provoked both great opprobrium and profound admiration -- as has the artist himself, whether collaborating with Antonin Artaud on his Theater of Cruelty, transforming the Villa Medici into the social center of Fellini's Rome in the 1950s, or competing for the artistic limelight with his friends Picasso and Andre Derain.The artist's complexities are clarified and his genius understood in a book that derives its particular immediacy from Weber's long and intense conversations with Balthus -- who never previously consented to discuss his life and work with a biographer -- as well as his interviews with the painter's closest friends, members of his family, and many of the subjects of his controversial canvases.Weber's critical and human grasp (he acutely analyzes the paintings in terms of both their aesthetic achievement and what they reveal of their maker's psyche), combined with his rich knowledge of Balthus's life and his insight into the ideas and forces that have helped to shape Balthus's work over the past seven decades, gives us a striking, illuminating portrait of one of the most admired and outrageous artists of our time. Balthus Paintings & Artwork Gallery in Chronological Order Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29 1908 February 18 2001) also known as Balthus was an well-known Polish-French modern artist with a repu Alberto Giacometti Biography Art and Analysis of Works ... Comprehensive biography covering his early training mature and late periods including his legacy. Biography of Henri Matisse An illustrated in-depth biography of Henri Matisse The Cultured and the Creepy: Balthus's Parting Shots Balthus: The Last Studies at Gagosian Gallery offers a kind of endnote to Balthus: Cats and Girls Paintings and Provocations the exhibition a couple of blocks ... Ralph Waite - IMDb Ralph Waite was born in White Plains New York on June 22 1928. Educated at Bucknell University where he graduated with a BA degree Waite existed rather aimlessly ... Balthus - Gagosian Balthus Listed Exhibitions (Selected) (30 Kb) Balthus Bibliography (Selected) (69 Kb) Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) was born in 1908 in ... Balthus - Wikipedia Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29 1908 February 18 2001) known as Balthus was a Polish-French modern artist. Throughout his career Balthus rejected ... Max Weber (artist) - Wikipedia Max Weber (April 18 1881 October 4 1961) was a Jewish-American painter and one of the first American Cubist painters who in later life turned to more ... Octavio Paz Biography - Childhood Life Achievements ... Octavio Paz was a famous Mexican poet and diplomat who won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990. Read more about this prolific writer in the following article. Otto Dix Biography Art and Analysis of Works The Art Story Comprehensive biography covering his early training mature and late periods legacy and artistic influences.
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