Balthus
Frühe Jahre und EinflüsseBalthasar Klossowski de Rola, bekannt unter dem Pseudonym Balthus, wurde am 29. Februar 1908 in Paris geboren. Seine frühen Jahre waren geprägt von den Einflüssen seiner Familie, die zur kulturellen Elite gehörte. Balthus' Vater, Erich Klossowski, war Kunsthistoriker und Autor eines Buches …
A portrait built from Balthus's own colours
Every 93 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
