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街道
1933年的《街道》，是法国艺术家巴尔图斯（Balthus，本名巴尔塔扎·克洛索夫斯基·德罗拉）创作的一幅引人入胜的作品。这幅巨大的油画（195 x 240厘米），并非对城市生活的简单记录，而是一场精心编排的视觉戏剧，将现实主义与超现实主义巧妙融合，营造出一种既熟悉又令人不安的氛围。它捕捉了一个巴黎街景的瞬间，但这个瞬间被凝固了，仿佛时间在此刻停止流动，留下了无数未解的故事和隐秘的情感。
巴尔蒂斯: Catalogue of the 100 Most Famous Paintings
Updated October 2026 · ranked by our popularity score (searches, visits and orders for each work) · 200 works by 巴尔蒂斯 in our catalogue
Summary
街道 (1933) is recorded as the most famous painting of 巴尔蒂斯. 猫与少女 (1937) and The Guitar Lesson (1934) occupy the second and third entries. Of the 200 works by 巴尔蒂斯 recorded in the catalogue, the 100 best known are listed below, each entry with its date, the holding museum and a note on the work.
1908 – 2001, 巴黎
Symbolism
Most works: 芝加哥艺术学院
Entries 1 to 10: the most famous 巴尔蒂斯 paintings
2
猫与少女
《女孩与猫》（1937年）是巴尔图斯的一件迷人杰作，他以梦幻般的构图和充满心理张力的肖像画而闻名于世。这幅作品将观众带入了一个年轻女孩与其猫咪伙伴之间亲密瞬间，唤起了一种宁静而深邃的内省感。
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The Guitar Lesson
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…
4
La Patience (Solitaire)
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…
5
Guitar lesson
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…
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The white skirt
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…
巴尔蒂斯, further entries: 11 to 100
11
Children Blanchard1937
12
Therese
13
Naked in the mirror1981
14
The Dream1955
15
Thérèse Dreaming1938
16
Large landscape trees (the triangular field)1955
17
Nude at Rest1977
18
The Mountain
19
Figure in Front of a Mantel1955
20
Study to ''Guitar lesson''1934
21
Self-Portrait (detail)1940
22
The Cat in the Mirror1988
23
Patience1955
24
Getting Up1977
25
Terese Dreaming
26
La Place du Pantheon1929 · 以色列博物馆
27
Window1933
28
Landscape Champrovent1942
29
The victim1939
30
The heyday1945
31
Reclining Nude1945
32
The Cat (detail)1949
33
The toilet1957
34
Coffee Cup1959
35
Girl preparing for the bath (blue cloth)1958
36
The moth1959
37
The Three Sisters1964
38
Katia asleep1969
39
Study for the painting ''Nude Resting''1972
40
Bare rest1977
41
Waiting1995
42
Cat with mirror III Detalj 1Thomas Ammann Fi1994
43
Still Life with Lamp1958
44
Study for Girl with a window
45
The enthronement of Ogier
46
Lucrecia y Tarquino
47
Roger and his son
48
Tadzio II, a disgrace in the lido
49
Solitaire
50
The Living Room
51
Moroccan Horseman and his Horse
52
Nude with Cat1949
53
The Cat in the Mirror1990
54
Drawing room1942
55
Reclining Woman
56
Portrait of Frederick
57
The Brat
58
Study for Nude with Cat
59
Girl with Crossed Arms
60
Strumpelpeter, front view
61
Portrait of Frederick1
62
Portrait of Louis -René des Forêts
63
Girl kneeling, her arms on a chair
64
Girl with a Beret
65
Ganimedes I
66
Ogier Lahire Brother in arms1
67
Roberte attacked by spirits
68
Self-portrait
69
Colette profile
70
The balcony
71
Roberte, the afternoon
72
The parallel
73
Milady con el verdugo de Lille
74
Impotence and seduction
75
The test time
76
Study for the dream I (front)
77
Alice
78
The Afternoon Nap
79
Lena arms crossed
80
Bust of young woman
81
Descend to the basement
82
Lahire and young Ogier de Beauseant
83
Hairy Beauty
84
Nude on a Chaise Longue
85
Brother and Sister
86
Woman with Violin
87
Nude with Arms Raised
88
The large enclosure II
89
The First Communicants1926
90
The Barracks1933
91
Wash and Cathy1933
92
The Fear of Ghosts1933
93
Thérèse1938
94
Lady Abdy1935
95
Cathy1935
96
Study for the Dream I1935
97
Still life1937
98
The white skirt1937
99
Joan Miro and his daughter Dolores1937
100
Andre Derain1936
Children Blanchard1937
12Therese
13Naked in the mirror1981
14The Dream1955
15Thérèse Dreaming1938
16Large landscape trees (the triangular field)1955
17Nude at Rest1977
18The Mountain
19Figure in Front of a Mantel1955
20Study to ''Guitar lesson''1934
21Self-Portrait (detail)1940
22The Cat in the Mirror1988
23Patience1955
24Getting Up1977
25Terese Dreaming
26La Place du Pantheon1929 · 以色列博物馆
27Window1933
28Landscape Champrovent1942
29The victim1939
30The heyday1945
31Reclining Nude1945
32The Cat (detail)1949
33The toilet1957
34Coffee Cup1959
35Girl preparing for the bath (blue cloth)1958
36The moth1959
37The Three Sisters1964
38Katia asleep1969
39Study for the painting ''Nude Resting''1972
40Bare rest1977
41Waiting1995
42Cat with mirror III Detalj 1Thomas Ammann Fi1994
43Still Life with Lamp1958
44Study for Girl with a window
45The enthronement of Ogier
46Lucrecia y Tarquino
47Roger and his son
48Tadzio II, a disgrace in the lido
49Solitaire
50The Living Room
51Moroccan Horseman and his Horse
52Nude with Cat1949
53The Cat in the Mirror1990
54Drawing room1942
55Reclining Woman
56Portrait of Frederick
57The Brat
58Study for Nude with Cat
59Girl with Crossed Arms
60Strumpelpeter, front view
61Portrait of Frederick1
62Portrait of Louis -René des Forêts
63Girl kneeling, her arms on a chair
64Girl with a Beret
65Ganimedes I
66Ogier Lahire Brother in arms1
67Roberte attacked by spirits
68Self-portrait
69Colette profile
70The balcony
71Roberte, the afternoon
72The parallel
73Milady con el verdugo de Lille
74Impotence and seduction
75The test time
76Study for the dream I (front)
77Alice
78The Afternoon Nap
79Lena arms crossed
80Bust of young woman
81Descend to the basement
82Lahire and young Ogier de Beauseant
83Hairy Beauty
84Nude on a Chaise Longue
85Brother and Sister
86Woman with Violin
87Nude with Arms Raised
88The large enclosure II
89The First Communicants1926
90The Barracks1933
91Wash and Cathy1933
92The Fear of Ghosts1933
93Thérèse1938
94Lady Abdy1935
95Cathy1935
96Study for the Dream I1935
97Still life1937
98The white skirt1937
99Joan Miro and his daughter Dolores1937
100Andre Derain1936
Principal subjects in the work of 巴尔蒂斯
The four subjects most frequently represented among these works, each with its best-known example.
Nudes 11 works
Buildings 8 works
Women 8 works
巴尔蒂斯: holding museums
The 2 museums that hold the most of the paintings on this page.
| Museum | City | Works by 巴尔蒂斯 | Paintings from this list |
|---|---|---|---|
 芝加哥艺术学院 |
芝加哥 | 1 | 猫与少女 |
 以色列博物馆 |
耶路撒冷 | 1 | La Place du Pantheon |
Decade index: the principal 巴尔蒂斯 painting of each
Works per decade
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1930s
街道
Age 22 – 31
25 works this decade
1933年的《街道》，是法国艺术家巴尔图斯（Balthus，本名巴尔塔扎·克洛索夫斯基·德罗拉）创作的一幅引人入胜的作品。这幅巨大的油画（195 x 240厘米），并非对城市生活的简单记录，而是一场精心编排的视觉戏剧，将现实主义与超现实主义巧妙融合，营造出一种既熟悉又令人不安的氛围。它捕捉了一个巴黎街景的瞬间，但这个瞬间被凝固了，仿佛时间在此刻停止流动，留下了无数未解的故事和隐秘的情感。
1970s
Nude at Rest
Age 62 – 71
11 works this decade
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 by a palpable stillness that seems to absorb all surrounding sound. It is not merely a depiction of the nude form; rather, it is an exploration of repose itself—a moment caught just as consciousness drifts toward contemplation. The subject matter, rendered with…
Questions frequently consulted on 巴尔蒂斯's paintings
What is the best-known work of 巴尔蒂斯?Display the answer
街道 (1933). The following entries are 猫与少女 (1937) and The Guitar Lesson (1934).
How old was 巴尔蒂斯 in the year of 街道?Display the answer
25 years: 巴尔蒂斯 was born in 1908 and 街道 is dated 1933.
What are the ten best-known works by 巴尔蒂斯?Display the answer
街道, 猫与少女, 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 list above records the date and holding museum of each.
How many works by 巴尔蒂斯 does the catalogue record?Display the answer
The catalogue records 200 works by 巴尔蒂斯, dated between 1926 and 1995.
Where are the principal works of 巴尔蒂斯 held?Display the answer
Principally in 芝加哥艺术学院 (芝加哥) and 以色列博物馆 (耶路撒冷). The museum table above gives the full distribution.
During which period did 巴尔蒂斯 produce the best-known works?Display the answer
In 1930s: 22 of the 100 works listed on this page are dated to that period, including 街道.
What are the earliest and latest best-known works by 巴尔蒂斯?Display the answer
The earliest dated work listed here is The First Communicants (1926); the latest is Waiting (1995).
What subjects did 巴尔蒂斯 treat most often?Display the answer
Nudes (11), Buildings (8) and Women (8), out of the 100 works listed on this page.
What medium did 巴尔蒂斯 employ most often?Display the answer
Oil On Canvas, in 10 of the 100 works listed on this page.
To which art movement is 巴尔蒂斯 attributed?Display the answer
Symbolism, as documented by the works on this page.