巴尔蒂斯——被毕加索誉为“20 世纪最伟大的画家”
巴尔蒂斯（Balthus，1908——2001）是20世纪卓越的具象绘画大师。
被毕加索称为'20世纪最伟大的画家'的巴尔蒂斯（Balthus），1908年出生在巴黎的一个波兰贵族家庭，父亲是一个美术史学家和画家，母亲也在绘画上很有建树。他成名甚早，创造却持续到2001年去世前。
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作为画家，巴尔蒂斯从小就受到了很好的艺术熏陶，象征主义纳比派画家勃纳尔（Pierre Bonnard）、野兽派大师马蒂斯（Henri Matisse）和音乐家斯特拉文斯基（Igor Stravinsky）等巴黎艺术界的名流在巴尔蒂斯的童年时期都曾是他家的座上宾，经常到巴尔蒂斯家中与其父母交流艺术。
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巴尔蒂斯是一个孤独但是非常富有的画家，一生的绝大多数时间都居住在他瑞士西部阿尔卑斯山谷中的山庄别墅中，与他的日本妻子一起，深居简出，过着离群索居的生活，带着一层扑朔迷离的神秘色彩。
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巴尔蒂斯在人物画和风景画两个领域的成就，使他成为大师级人物。1984 年，他的《出浴》在苏富比拍卖行卖到了 977.5 万法郎，《群山》则卖到了 1000 万法郎。这价钱都是巴尔蒂斯成名后被炒高的，当初他卖出这些画时，价钱低得多。巴尔蒂斯得知售价后感叹道：“这价钱对我来说实在是太贵了。”
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