French-German painter Count Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (1908-2001), known as Balthus, shocked the Parisian art world in 1934 with his dreamy, sensual, Neo-Classical portraits of nymphets at a time when Surrealism and abstraction were de rigueur. As a provocateur, Balthus was often scorned; as an artist, he was widely embraced as a prodigy. In response to critics of his realist style, Balthus said: "The real isn't what you think you see. One can be a realist of the unreal and a figurative painter of the invisible." His erotic, poetic paintings live on as examples of the best figurative work of the modern era.
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In verband met de grote tentoonstelling in het Stedelijk Museum van 19 oktober tot 2 februari 2014 werd het boekje in de Basic Art Series: Kazimir Malevich en het Suprematisme herdrukt. Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935) geldt als één van de grondleggers...