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About this artwork
The model in this painting is Balthus's niece by marriage, Frédérique Tison. Seventeen years old at the time this work was painted, Frédérique became the artist's favourite model and muse. Her pose is both vulnerable and confrontational, suggesting sexual awakening. It derives from paintings by Caravaggio and Corregio. The work was painted in the artist's château near Nevers, in central France, where Balthus moved in 1953.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola) (1908 - 2001) French
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title:Le Lever [Getting up]
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date created:1955
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:161.00 x 130.40 cm; Framed: 187.50 x 155.40 x 12.50 cm / 57.00 kg
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credit line:Purchased 1981
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accession number:GMA 2311
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Balthus was born in Paris, the son of two Polish painters. He spent the years of the First World War in Berlin and Geneva, before returning to Paris in 1924. Balthus had no formal artistic training but taught himself by copying paintings in the Louvre and in Italy. His work owes as much to Italian...
