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Copyright estate of the artist | | | Balthus, (1908 - 2001) France
Portrait de Femme en Robe Bleue (Mme Georges Hilaire), 1935
Oil on panel; 80 x 54.9 cm Figurative Art
UID 102-36
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Biography
French painter and stage designer, born Balthazar Klossowski de Rola in Paris of Polish descent; both his parents were painters and his father also wrote a standard monograph on Daumier. Grew up in Paris and Switzerland, where the close friends of the household included Rilke, Bonnard and Derain. Taught himself painting partly by copying Renaissance masters in the Louvre and in Italy. First one-man exhibition at the Galerie Pierre, Paris, (1934). Chiefly noted for his carefully constructed figure compositions with echoes of Piero della Francesca, Caravaggio, Courbet and Seurat, but often on the theme of landscapes, scenes of daily life, cats and naked adolescent girls in a voluptuous universe of nostalgic timelessness. From 1943-6 he lived in Switzerland, then returned to Paris. Designed sets and costumes for several plays. Moved in 1954 to the Chateau de Chassy near Autun, then was appointed Director of the Académie de France in Rome 1961-77. Awarded the Grand Prix National des Arts, 1976.
Exhibitions
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 10-10-2003 ~ 13-03-2004
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection Embaixada de França (French Embassy), Portugal 27-04-2005 ~ 15-10-2005
A Look at The Berardo Collection Museu de José Malhoa, Portugal 23-07-2001 ~ 26-10-2001
Face - a - Face Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
A Look at The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 18-06-2000 ~ 30-09-2000
Durante o Fim - Rui Chafes Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 15-10-2000 ~ 14-01-2001
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 09-09-2007
De Miró à Warhol. La Collection Berardo à Paris Musée du Luxembourg, France 16-10-2008 ~ 22-02-2009
Art in France 1860-1960: Realism MASP - Museu de Arte de São Paulo, Brazil 15-05-2009 ~ 30-06-2009
Art in France 1860-1960: Realism, Porto Alegre MARGS, MUSEU DE ARTE DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL ADO MALAGOLI, Brazil 13-07-2009 ~ 30-08-2009
Fragmentos Arte Contemporânea na Colecção Berardo MACE, Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Portugal 24-09-2010 ~ 23-01-2011
Sous la Dictée de L’image Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 01-03-2010 ~ 26-05-2010
Observers Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 14-02-2011 ~ 29-05-2011
Bibliography
Accrochage Nº1, Selection of Portuguese and French Artists in The Berardo Collection, 2005 Published by 90 Graus Editora, Lda. ISBN 9728964013
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection, 2003 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 9728176856
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
A Look at The Berardo Collection, 2000 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729742839
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