short biography
Balthus (actually Balthasar Klossowski, himself he called Count Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, b 1908, Paris, d 2001, Rossinière / Switzerland) was an outsider, provocateur and one of the great painters of the 20th century. In 1925 he undertakes a trip to Italy with André Gide. In 1933 he illustrated the novel "Wuthering Heights" by the writer Emily Brontë. In 1935 he designs stage sets for Artaud's "Theater of Cruelty". In 1961 he was appointed director of the Académie de France - Villa Medici, Rome by André Malraux, who was also Minister of Culture in France. 1977 he participated at the documenta 6 in Kassel and 1980 at the Venice Biennale. Balthus was the brother of painter and writer Pierre Klossowski, Rainer Maria Rilke was the life companion of his mother. Painting, drawings, illustrations, set design, poetic-erotic depictions
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02. Sep 01. Jan 2019Balthus Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
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20. Oct 14. Feb 2018Histories of Sexuality (Histórias da sexualidade) MASP - Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo
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18. Oct 01. Jan 2018Cooperations Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel
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26. Sep 11. NovARCADIA Gagosian Gallery Hong Kong
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02. Jun 29. OctDerain, Balthus, Giacometti. An artistic friendship Musée d´Art Moderne de Paris (MAM)
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21. Nov 05. Jun 2016SURREALISM: THE CONJURED LIFE MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
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28. May 15. AugBALTHUS Gagosian Gallery Hong Kong
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23. May 28. SepAbandon the Parents SMK Statens Museum for Kunst / National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen
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15. Dec 08. Sep 2013From Death to Death and Other Small Tales Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh
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22. Feb 15. MayCaos y clasicismo Guggenheim Bilbao
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01. Oct 09. Jan 2011Chaos and Classicism: Art in France, Italy, and Germany, 1918–1936 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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26. Feb 18. JulDe Chirico, Magritte and Balthus. The silence of the world Palazzo Strozzi, Florence °
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10. Nov 15. NovQuickie Nr. 9: Norbert Arns kjubh Köln
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26. Jun 25. OctPassions partagées Fondation de l´Hermitage, Lausanne
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19. Jun 22. NovBilderträume - Die Sammlung Ulla und Heiner Pietzsch Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
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11. Dec 30. Nov 2009Strange Bodies Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
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24. Oct 01. Feb 2009The Philippe de Montebello Years The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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15. Apr 29. JunBlood on Paper: the Art of the Book V&A Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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28. Mar 22. JunComme des bêtes - Ours, chat, cochon & Cie Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne °
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18. Aug 04. NovBalthus Museum Ludwig Köln
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21. Nov 05. Mar 2007Orangerie 1934 Musée de l´Orangerie, Paris
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20. Sep 19. NovThe Vicious Circle Whitechapel Gallery, London
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01. Jul 10. SepCollection d’été 06 Musée Jenisch, Vevey
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14. Jun 10. SepFamily Affairs BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
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08. Mar 18. JunVerrückte Liebe - Von Dalí bis Bacon Kunstforum Wien
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10. Jan 08. FebLeckerbissen II Fischerplatz Galerie, Ulm
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15. Jun 06. Mar 2006Big Bang - Destruction and creation in 20th century art Centre Pompidou Paris
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22. Jan 05. MarCollection de 30 dessins de Bonnard Galerie Alice Pauli, Lausanne
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18. May 26. Jun 2005The Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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20. Feb 19. SepDas MoMA in Berlin Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
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30. Sep 04. Jul 2004Strange Days MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
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21. Sep 04. Jan 2004The Heroic Century: The Museum of Modern Art Masterpiece Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
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09. Sep 06. Jan 2004Balthus Palazzo Grassi, Venice
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16. Jun 30. SepThirty Three Women Thomas Ammann, Zürich
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01. Jun 02. SepDer kühle Blick - Realismus der zwanziger Jahre Kunsthalle München
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15. Dec 29. Jan 2000Balthus Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica
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12. Jun 15. Oct46. Venice Biennale 1995 "Identity and Alterity. Figures of the body 1895-1995" Venice Biennale
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08. Apr 28. JunBILDERSTREIT Koelnmesse, Köln
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15. Jan 18. MarA New Spirit in Painting Royal Academy of Arts, London
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30. Nov 16. AugWESTKUNST. Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939 Westkunst, Köln
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01. Jun 28. Sep39. Venice Biennale 1980 Venice Biennale
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24. Jun 02. Octdocumenta 6 documenta Kassel