与此同时，在Balthus的生活中
完整生平1930s
His Paris circle: Artaud, Giacometti, Miró, Derain
Back in Paris, Balthus joins the circle of the Surrealists; his work is admired early on by André Breton and Pablo Picasso. His friends include the writers Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Henri Michaux, Michel Leiris and René Char, the photographer Man Ray, the playwright Antonin Artaud, and the painters André Derain, Joan Miró and Alberto Giacometti, one of his most faithful friends.
1940
Flees the invasion for Savoy
When German forces invade France in 1940, Balthus and his wife Antoinette flee to Savoy, to a farm in Champrovent near Aix-les-Bains.
1940s
Turns from Surrealism to a manner of his own
By the early 1940s Balthus has finally left the principles of Surrealism behind; his attention is drawn to the theme of awakening femininity, and symbolic motifs — a mirror, a butterfly, a cat — and adolescent girls in domestic settings begin to appear in his canvases.
1942
Escapes occupied France for Switzerland
In 1942 Balthus escapes from occupied France to Switzerland, first to Bern.
1942年10月13日
Son born: Stanislas Klossowski de Rola
