Balthus’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Sleeping Woman
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908-2001

Sleeping Girl
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908-2001

Untitled
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908-2001

Seated Girl
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908-2001

Girl with Cat
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908–2001

Standing Girl
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908-2001

Study for "The Three Sisters"
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908-2001

Portrait of a Young Japanese Girl
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908-2001

Head of a Young Girl (Antoinette)
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908-2001

Japanese Girl Reclining
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908-2001

Two Sketches: Head of Young Girl (recto); Half-Length Portrait of a Young Girl (verso)
Balthus (Baltusz Klossowski de Rola) French, 1908-2001

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)

Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921

A Sunday on La Grande Jatte — 1884
Georges Seurat (French, 1859–1891)

Fishing Craft near the Cliffs at Collioure
Adolphe Appian French, 1818-1898

Interior of St. Mark's, Venice
David Dalhoff Neal (American, 1838–1915)

Nighthawks
Edward Hopper (American, 1882–1967)

Lion (One of a Pair, South Pedestal)
Edward Kemeys (American, 1843–1907) American Bronze Founding Company (American, founded 1886) Chicago