French Academy in Rome
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The French Academy in Rome is an academy located in the Villa Medici, within the Villa Borghese, on the Pincio in Rome, Italy.
The French Academy in Rome has been housed in the Villa Medici since 1804.
The French Academy seen from the Piazza Trinità dei Monti above the Spanish Steps
Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil, visiting the French Academy in Rome
Balthus
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Balthasar Klossowski, also known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of young girls, and the dreamlike quality of his imagery.
French Academy in Rome
…a competition but by application, and their stays vary from six to eighteen months and even, more rarely, two years. Between 1961 and 1967, the artist Balthus, then at the head of the Academy, carried out a vast restoration campaign of the palace and its gardens, providing them with modern equipment. Balthus…
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