Baladine Klossowska or KÅ‚ossowska was a German painter. Originating from an artistic Jewish family with roots in Lithuania, she moved from Breslau, Germany, to Paris, France, at the turn of the 20th century, where she was a vivid and active participant in the explosion of artistic experiment then active in the city.
Klossowska (with Rilke) c. 1923
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of pubescent girls, but also for the refined, dreamlike quality of his imagery.
Balthus by Damian Pettigrew (1996)
Nude with arms raised, oil on canvas, 1951 by Balthus
Balthus, Guitar Lesson, 1934, oil on canvas
In the 1960s and 70s he lived at, and restored, the Villa de Medici while director of the French Academy in Rome