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- Birth nameBalthasar Klossowski de Rola
- Balthus was born on February 29, 1908 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Âme belge (1921), Saïda a enlevé Manneken-Pis (1913) and Ettore Sottsass - Der Sinn der Dinge (2007). He was married to Setsuko Ideta and Antoinette de Watteville. He died on February 18, 2001 in Rossinière, Vaud, Switzerland.
- SpousesSetsuko Ideta(October 1967 - ?)Antoinette de Watteville(1937 - ?) (divorced)
- RelativesPierre Klossowski(Sibling)
- Considered one of the 20th century's greatest realist painters; most widely known for his erotic portrayals of adolescent beauty.
- Brother of Pierre Klossowski.
- Member of the Official Competition jury at the 41st Venice International Film Festival in 1984.
- Godson of Rainer Maria Rilke.
- In 2014 an exhibition of Polaroid photographs taken by Balthus was canceled at the Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany, over accusations of pedophilia. The German newspaper "Die Zeit" called the images, which depict a model named Anna from ages 8 to 16, "documents of pedophile greed".
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