Gero von Boehm

Paul Auster in New York

STADT AUS GLAS

Richard David Precht

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Kishin Shinoyama

Presents a collection of photos taken in 1993 of the painter Balthus and his family at their Swiss chalet, along with an essay examining the painter's work and private life.

Haus Des Malers : Balthus Im Grand Chalet

I. M. Pei

"This volume presents this master architect in a profoundly personal manner, touching on the influences he gathered in the gardens and cities of his native China, his studies under the great masters of modernism at America's most prestigious universities, and his ascent to the top of his profession in the United States and internationally. Complete with a colorplate section showing Pei's works, a selection of his drawings, and a catalog of his oeuvre, this volume offers a view of a truly extraordinary man. Conversations with I. M. Pei: Light is the Key is as valuable a resource for the general reader as it is for architects and students."--BOOK JACKET.

Light is the Key

Conversations with I.M. Pei

The erotic, sensual paintings of Balthus, one of the most enigmatic and poetic figures in twentieth-century art, have commanded a cult following, much like the artist himself, who has fended off all outside intrusions into his private life. In the late 1970s, the aging master finally settled down in the Grand Chalet at Rossiniere, a magnificent timber house built in the eighteenth century, and situated 3000 feet above sea level in the Swiss province of Gruyere. Although the house and its occupants have always remained off limits to media and public alike, the ban was lifted for Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama, who was not only allowed to photograph the Grand Chalet, its rooms, and the family life taking place there, but was also admitted into Balthus's studio, his sanctum sanctorum, located in a roomy exterior building. This selection of small, exquisitely produced photographs, with an accompanying essay by German documentarist Gero von Boehm, offers a unique glimpse into Balthus's private and creative life. Intimate portraits of the artist at work and breathtaking images of the mountainous landscape are interspersed with reproductions of Balthus's marvelous paintings. A lovely gift for artists and any of Balthus's numerous admirers, this handsomely produced volume is as elegant and serene as the world Balthus has created both on canvas and at home. The elegant packaging and beautiful photography make this a "lifestyle" book as well as an appreciation of one of modern art's most enigmatic painters.

Balthus at the Grand Chalet

The Painter's House

Gero von Boehm

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