Home Balthus, mysterious, discussed and fascinating painter Balthus. The painter and his model, 1980-1981. Casein tempera on canvas, cm. 226.5 x 230.5. Purchased, 1982. Centre Pompidou National Museum of Modern Art © Balthus © Centre Pompidou MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN / All rights reserved

Balthus. The painter and his model, 1980-1981. Casein tempera on canvas, cm. 226.5 x 230.5. Purchased, 1982. Centre Pompidou National Museum of Modern Art © Balthus © Centre Pompidou MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN / All rights reserved

Balthus. Alice in the mirror, 1933, cm. 162 x 112. Oil on canvas. Collection Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

Balthus. The painter and his model, 1980-1981. Casein tempera on canvas, cm. 226.5 x 230.5. Purchased, 1982. Centre Pompidou National Museum of Modern Art © Balthus © Centre Pompidou MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN / All rights reserved

Balthus. The Moth, 1959. Oil on canvas. Gift André e Heriette Gomès, 1985. Centre Pompidou Musée national d’Art modérne, Paris © Photo RMN/Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais/Jaques Fauioir
Balthus. The Card Players, 1966 – 73. Museo Boijmans Van Beuningen, Opera © Balthus. Rotterdam / Photo Studio Tromp