The painter Balthus bought it in 1977 and welcomed several artists there until his death in 2001.
It is a story about characters from a painting by Balthus who have walked out to inhabit an ancient chateau.
Balthus |
Erich Klossowski or Kłossowski (December 19, 1875 – January 23, 1949) was a German and Polish-French art historian and a painter, now primarily known as the father of the writer-philosopher- painter and actor Pierre Klossowski and the artist Balthus.
In this they echo the studio and tableaux works of mid nineteenth century erotic photographers, as well as the works of the painter Balthus, and the work of Bernard Faucon.
Madame Klossowki, Loulou de la Falaise - ex-wife of Thadée Klossowski de Rola, the youngest son of Balthus