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...last years, living in a grand house outside Gstaad, he insisted on styling himself the "Comte de Rola"--a genealogical fiction. His father Erich Klossowski was both a painter and an art historian; his mother Elizabeth Spiro was a painter who liked to be known as Baladine and had a long, intense friendship with one of Germany's greatest modern poets, Rainer Maria Rilke, who became young Balthus' mentor. Thus from childhood Balthasar Klossowski, to give his actual name, was steeped in an artistic milieu, and he grew up with a considerable sense of himself as a prodigy. But young...
...DIED. BALTHUS, 92, reclusive French-born artist, considered one of the finest realist painters of the 20th century; in Rossiniere, Switzerland. Born Balthazar Klossowski de Rola to a Polish family living in Paris, Balthus was best known for his provocative portrayals of adolescent girls. He was one of the few artists to exhibit his work at the Louvre while still alive...
...years Balthus was director of the French Academy at the Villa Medici in Rome: never a sinecure for the meek, and perhaps not since Ingres's day held by a more indurated snob than Balthus. One can follow his appetite for grandeur as the name evolves: plain Balthasar Klossowski to start, then Balthasar de Klossowski, then Klossowski de Rola, and now, in his eighth decade, the "Comte de Rola." The fact that he has been able to fend off inquiry about his origins for so long is a tribute to the alarm that this glacial, gifted and pretentious...
Saint Laurent is deeply devoted to his professional "family," which includes Bergé, his partner in private as well as business life; Loulou Klossowski, an associate who is particularly gifted at choosing accessories; and a few longtime assistants. Saint Laurent blames his depression on ambition and precocious success. Before leaving for New York City, he spoke with TIME Correspondent William Blaylock in his Left Bank mansion. "I never had an adolescence," he said. "I became famous right away, and being shy, I found it difficult to get involved with others. Suffering is a necessary part of the creative process...
...work with factories. I give them a sketch and have to wait twelve to 15 days before I see the result. It's total anguish." One of the pressure points of Saint Laurent's calendar is assembling the Rive Gauche costumes just before a show. With Klossowski at his side, he looks at the models. If the girl interests him, he adds the pendants and handkerchiefs to the costume swiftly, murmuring "Superbe"or "Sublime"to himself. If the model leaves him cold, he broods and she is dismissed...