Balthus art links 

Original works by Balthus available for purchase at art galleries worldwide
 
 

Art Institute of Chicago   NEW!

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco   NEW!

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City   NEW!

Musée d'Orsay, Paris
Artworks in the museum's collections database

Museum of Modern Art, New York City
Includes biographical information about the artist

National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh   NEW!

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.   NEW!
Most but not all artists in the NGA database have works online

Tate Gallery, London, UK

Art Collection of the Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Colombia

Harvard University Art Museums, Massachusetts
Harvard have works in their collections, but unfortunately you have to type in the search yourself

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.   NEW!

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota
The Living Room, 1941-43

Musée Cantini, Marseilles, France (in French)  
Nature morte à la lampe

Musee Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland (in French)  
Paysage de Monte Calvello, 1994-98

Musee Jenisch, Vevey, Switzerland (in French)  
Balthus: De Piero della Francesca à Alberto Giacometti

Museum of Modern Art, New York City - Provenance Research Project
4 works by Balthus

National Gallery of Victoria, Australia
Nude with cat

Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome (in Italian)  
Portrait de Boris Kochno, 1951

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid
(Images are zoomable; click on the "expand" icon below the detail image)

 

Art Signature Dictionary   NEW!

Christie's Past Sale Archive
(database goes as far back as 1991; images go about as far back as 1999)

Sotheby's Sold Lot Archive
(database goes as far back as 1998; images where permitted by copyright go about as far back as 2001)

 

World Visit Guide (formerly Insecula)

Arterotismo (contains nudity)
26 works

Ciudad de la Pintura (in Spanish)  

El Poder de la Palabra (The Power of the Word) (in Spanish)  

Rasiel's Wallpapers
(Click on the size of the scan you wish to view)

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Encyclopedia Britannica complete article on Balthus  
Note: The full version of the article is available only if you follow this link. If you bookmark the article and return later, or if you navigate directly to the Britannica website, you will see a 100-word preview only. Troubleshooting

Union List of Artist Names (Getty Museum)  
Reference sheet with basic information about the artist and pointers to other references.

Wikipedia, the "Open Content" Encyclopedia
Biographical info

Frieze Magazine
Review (from issue 64): Balthus

Salon Magazine
"Balthus' Provocative Poses"

"Look Inside" and "Search Inside" Books at Amazon Look Inside Books: Selections from the books listed below are scanned in, in high res. Text is clearly readable and art reproductions vary from so-so to excellent. Don't miss the fact that you can usually zoom in via the "View" drop-down menu, along the top row of Amazon's Online Reader.              Search Inside Books: Same as "Look Inside", except that the entire book is scanned in, and the text is fully searchable. This is an unbelievable resource, for research and especially for previewing a book when making the decision to buy. Note: Some "Search Inside" features are limited to people signed in to an account which has previously made a purchase at Amazon.   search inside Vanished Splendors: A Memoir search inside Balthus look inside Balthus look inside Balthus Catalogue Raisonne of the Complete Works look inside Painter's House: Balthus at the Grand Chalet