The painting that made Балтус famous is Улица (1933). Девојка и мачка (1937) and The Guitar Lesson (1934) follow it in the hearts of collectors and museum visitors. Of the 200 works by Балтус in our catalogue, these 100 are the most admired, each presented with its date, its museum and what sets it apart.
Ranked by our popularity score, which combines the searches, visits and orders for each work. Updated октобар 2026.
Ulazak u "Ulicu": Balthusovo Majstorsko Delo i Njegova Duboka Rezonanca "Ulica" (La Rue), monumentalno ulje na platnu Balthusara Klosaovskog de Role, nastalo 1933. godine, nije samo slika; to je portal u neobičan svet, pažljivo konstruisan da izazove i fascinira. Dimenzije same po sebi – impozantnih 195 x 240 centimetara – odmah postavljaju scenu za grandioznu priču o svakodnevici podignutu na nivo sna. Delo se nalazi u kolekciji Muzeja moderne umetnosti…
"Devojka i mačka" (1937) predstavlja očaravajuće remek-delo umetnika Baltusa, čuvenog po svojim sanjivim kompozicijama i psihološki nabijenim portretima. Ovo umetničko delo poziva posmatrače u intimni trenutak između mlade devojčice i njenog mačjeg saputnika, izazivajući osećaj spokojstva i introspekcije.
The air in the room feels heavy, thick with a silence that is not peaceful. A young girl lies arched across the lap of a woman, her body a pale curve against the darker tones of the setting. The teacher’s hands are positioned with a clinical, almost musical intent, yet the gesture is fraught with a strange, unsettling weight. One hand reaches toward the girl's hair, pulling it downward, while…
A young woman leans over a small wooden table, her body forming a heavy diagonal that pulls the eye toward the lower right corner of the canvas. She is caught in a moment of stillness, her posture suggesting a quiet, inward focus. The room is defined by the sharp, vertical rhythm of window blinds, their white and tan stripes cutting through the warmth of the scene. Deep reds, ochres, and…
The painting depicts a provocative encounter between a music teacher, a woman in her early twenties, and a student, a girl thought to be about twelve years old. The teacher has thrown the girl across her lap, pulling her black dress up over her waist. The girl is naked from her navel to her knees, though her lower legs are covered by white socks. The teacher's hand yanks a chunk…
In the hushed atmosphere of Balthus’s 1937 masterpiece, The White Skirt, we are invited into a moment of profound stillness. The painting presents a solitary young woman seated within the embrace of an armchair, her presence commanding yet deeply introspective. There is an undeniable gravity to the composition; the figure does not merely sit, she exists in a state of quiet contemplation that seems to suspend time itself. As one…
To stand before Balthus’s The Dream is to step across the threshold into a meticulously constructed, yet deeply unsettling, private moment. This painting, dating from around 1955, captures…
To stand before Balthus’s Nude at Rest is to enter a space suspended between wakefulness and dream. The composition centers on a figure seated in an armchair, enveloped…
In the quietude of mid-century modernism, Balthus captures a moment that feels both profoundly ordinary and hauntingly eternal. Figure in Front of a Mantel invites the viewer into…
The Cat in the Mirror is an oil on canvas work by the artist Balthus. Executed in 1990, the piece is categorized within the Expressionism style. The composition…
To gaze upon this depiction, Still Life with Lamp, is to step into a moment suspended in amber—a quiet drama played out across the canvas. Balthus, ever the…
To stand before Balthus’s Nude with Cat is to step into a meticulously constructed dreamscape, one steeped in the quiet melancholy and profound stillness characteristic of his genius.…
To stand before Balthus’s The Cat in the Mirror is not merely to observe a painting; it is to step through a veil into a meticulously constructed, dreamlike…
The Expressionism movement has given birth to some of the most thought-provoking and visually stunning works of art in history. One such masterpiece is the "Drawing Room" by…
The four subjects that return most often among these masterpieces, with the finest example of each.
The 2 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by Балтус | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 Art Institute of Chicago |
Čikago | 1 | Девојка и мачка |
 Izraelski muzej |
Jerusalim | 1 | La Place du Pantheon |
Ulazak u "Ulicu": Balthusovo Majstorsko Delo i Njegova Duboka Rezonanca "Ulica" (La Rue), monumentalno ulje na platnu Balthusara Klosaovskog de Role, nastalo 1933. godine, nije samo slika; to…
To stand before Balthus’s Nude at Rest is to enter a space suspended between wakefulness and dream. The composition centers on a figure seated in an armchair, enveloped…
Улица (1933). Next come Девојка и мачка (1937) and The Guitar Lesson (1934).
25 years old: Улица dates from 1933 and Балтус was born in 1908.
Улица, Девојка и мачка, The Guitar Lesson, La Patience (Solitaire), Guitar lesson, Girl at the window, The King of the Cats, The Cat in the Mediterranean, Le passage du Commerce Saint-Andre Private and The white skirt. The ranking above gives the year and the museum of each.
Our catalogue lists 200 works by Балтус, dated from 1926 to 1995.
Most of them are in Art Institute of Chicago (Čikago) and Izraelski muzej (Jerusalim). The table above lists the museums one by one.
In 1930s: 22 of the 100 works on this page date from then, among them Улица.
The earliest on this page is The First Communicants (1926), the latest Waiting (1995).
Nudes (11), Buildings (8) and Women (8), among the 100 works on this page.
Oil On Canvas: 10 of the 100 works on this page.
Symbolism, as the paintings on this page show.