1908 - 2001
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of pubescent girls, but also for the refined, dreamlike quality of his imagery. Throughout his career, Balthus rejected the usual conventions of the art world. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Balthus has received more than 803,920 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Balthus is the 272nd most popular painter (down from 226th in 2019), the 854th most popular biography from France (down from 742nd in 2019) and the 65th most popular French Painter.
Balthus is most famous for his paintings of young girls.
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Among painters, Balthus ranks 272 out of 1,421. Before him are Henri Fantin-Latour, Pieter Claesz, Il Sodoma, Gerard ter Borch, Philippe de Champaigne, and Jacques Callot. After him are Martin Schongauer, Paul Delaroche, James Tissot, Norman Rockwell, Félicien Rops, and Carlo Crivelli.
1836 - 1904
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 266
1596 - 1660
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 267
1477 - 1549
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 268
1617 - 1681
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 269
1602 - 1674
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 270
1592 - 1635
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 271
1908 - 2001
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 272
1450 - 1491
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 273
1797 - 1856
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 274
1836 - 1902
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 275
1894 - 1978
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 276
1833 - 1898
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 277
1430 - 1490
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 278
Among people born in 1908, Balthus ranks 38. Before him are William Saroyan, Dmitry Ustinov, Werner von Haeften, Hannes Alfvén, Willard Libby, and John Kenneth Galbraith. After him are Cesare Pavese, Ilya Frank, Joseph Rotblat, Alfred Hershey, Günther Prien, and Infante Jaime, Duke of Segovia. Among people deceased in 2001, Balthus ranks 24. Before him are Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Ernst Gombrich, Alberto Korda, William Hanna, Robert Ludlum, and Marie José of Belgium. After him are John Lee Hooker, Dương Văn Minh, Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, Douglas Adams, Nikolay Basov, and Zhang Xueliang.
1908 - 1981
HPI: 64.28
Rank: 32
1908 - 1984
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 33
1908 - 1944
HPI: 64.12
Rank: 34
1908 - 1995
HPI: 63.97
Rank: 35
1908 - 1980
HPI: 63.88
Rank: 36
1908 - 2006
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 37
1908 - 2001
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 38
1908 - 1950
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 39
1908 - 1990
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 40
1908 - 2005
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 41
1908 - 1997
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 42
1908 - 1941
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 43
1908 - 1975
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 44
1939 - 2001
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 18
1909 - 2001
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 19
1928 - 2001
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 20
1910 - 2001
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 21
1927 - 2001
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 22
1906 - 2001
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 23
1908 - 2001
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 24
1917 - 2001
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 25
1916 - 2001
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 26
1923 - 2001
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 27
1952 - 2001
HPI: 63.03
Rank: 28
1922 - 2001
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 29
1901 - 2001
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 30
Among people born in France, Balthus ranks 854 out of 6,011. Before him are Christina of Lorraine (1565), Jules Ferry (1832), Jérôme Lalande (1732), Émile Borel (1871), Louis Néel (1904), and Jacques Callot (1592). After him are Ferdinand Cheval (1836), Stéphane Audran (1932), Jean-Luc Nancy (1940), Charles III of Navarre (1361), Gaston Doumergue (1863), and Caterina Valente (1931).
1565 - 1637
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 848
1832 - 1893
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 849
1732 - 1807
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 850
1871 - 1956
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 851
1904 - 2000
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 852
1592 - 1635
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 853
1908 - 2001
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 854
1836 - 1924
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 855
1932 - 2018
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 856
1940 - 2021
HPI: 63.32
Rank: 857
1361 - 1425
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 858
1863 - 1937
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 859
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 860
Among painters born in France, Balthus ranks 65. Before him are Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1824), Georges Rouault (1871), Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725), Simon Vouet (1590), Henri Fantin-Latour (1836), and Jacques Callot (1592). After him are Martin Schongauer (1450), Paul Delaroche (1797), James Tissot (1836), Thomas Couture (1815), Horace Vernet (1789), and Séraphine Louis (1864).
1824 - 1898
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 59
1871 - 1958
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 60
1725 - 1805
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 61
1590 - 1649
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 62
1836 - 1904
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 63
1592 - 1635
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 64
1908 - 2001
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 65
1450 - 1491
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 66
1797 - 1856
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 67
1836 - 1902
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 68
1815 - 1879
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 69
1789 - 1863
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 70
1864 - 1942
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 71