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I always feel the desire to look for the extraordinary in ordinary things to suggest, not to impose, to leave always a slight touch of mystery in my paintings.

Balthus

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Balthus
Age: 92 †
Born: 1908
Born: February 29
Died: 2001
Died: February 18
Artist
Drawer
Illustrator
Painter
Photographer
Scenographer
Paris
France
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola
Balthazar Klossowski de Rola
Count Balthazar Klossowski de Rola
Baltusz
Balthasar Klossowsky
Balthus Klossowski
Balthasar Klossowsky de Rola
Klossovski de Rola
Balthasar Klossowski
Balthasar
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola)
Balthus (pseud.)
Things
Leave
Impose
Desire
Paintings
Art
Suggest
Look
Extraordinary
Looks
Touch
Feel
Ordinary
Feels
Mystery
Always
Painting
Slight

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