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Artists who influenced Balthus
French painter of figures and landscapes, and stage designer. Born Balthus Klossowski de Rola in Paris of Polish descent; both his parents were painters and his father also wrote a standard monograph on Daumier. Grew up in Paris and Switzerland, the close friends of the household including Rilke, Bonnard and Derain. Taught himself painting partly by copying Renaissance masters in the Louvre and in ... more (Google)Artists who were influenced by Balthus

Pierre Bonnard

Three Sisters

Golden Afternoon

Eric Fischl

Andre Derain

Nude with Raised Arms

Card Game
(Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum)

Brett Bigbee

Georges Seurat

Nude before Mirror
(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Nude
 

Gustave Courbet

Thérèse (study)

Cherry Tree