1, the girl by the window
An open window can see the bright semi-hidden landscape around Chasi Castle, the first farmhouse in Burgundy14th century ago, which was purchased and renovated by Balthus at the last stage of his life. Staring at the young girl outside the window was his favorite model at that time.
2. Street
In Paris in the handicraft era, a carpenter was crossing the street with a plank, a housewife was walking around with her children in an apron, her father was holding hands with boys and girls, and a chef in a top hat was walking slowly. As a result of coating a layer of transparent glue on the canvas and coloring the brush contacts, and then mixing all the pigments with white, the whole picture presents a mottled and antique feeling, which looks like a wet mural in the early Renaissance.
3. Cat looking in the mirror
The girl in the painting is the daughter of his neighbor and the most frequently depicted model of Balthus in his later years. In his later years, Balthus's eyesight dropped sharply, so he had to look at photos instead of sketches. In his studio, people have found more than 2000 photos of Bora camera, all of which were taken in different poses with this girl as a model.
4. moths
Romanticism and Impressionism developed painting from the static state of classicism to the artistic mode of movement and even dispersion, but Balthus invited the "static state" back to painting, and the scene seemed to stay there forever, beyond the description of language, without seeing "where it came from and where it went", which was more absolute than classicism.
5. Painters and models
Create an atmosphere with different lights, and let the curious audience follow the light into the attractive room. What he cares about all his life is how to express something between reality and dreams. Some of the girls in his works are still, some are in motion, some are asleep, some are awake, some are stretching their limbs and enjoying themselves. Some people are imagining things and dreaming beautiful dreams.
Personal life
Balthus is an outstanding master of figurative painting in the 20th century. He became famous early, and new york Museum of Modern Art held his solo exhibition as early as 1956. His paintings were exhibited in the special room of Venice Biennale in 1980, and a grand retrospective exhibition "Salute to Balthus" was held in Pompidou Center in 1983.
On February 8th, 20001,Balthus died in Switzerland at the age of 92. All the major newspapers in the world praised his artistic achievements as "the last master of the 20th century". From September 2006 to June 2002, Balthus's largest retrospective exhibition was held in Gracie Palace, Venice, with 250 works on display, which fully affirmed his position in art history.
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Balthus