Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of pubescent girls, but also for the refined, dreamlike quality of his imagery.
Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible.
Drawing is like making an expressive gesture with the advantage of permanence.