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  |  | BALTHUS  (1908-2001) "Art is to refuse mediocrity." 
    
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    | 1908 | Balthasar Klossowski de Rola known as "Balthus", was born in Paris in 1908 |  
    | 1961 | manages the Villa Medicis (Roma) until 1977 |  
    | 1993 | first main retrospective at the national museum of modern art in Paris  (Centre Georges Pompidou) |  
    | 2001 | died in Rossinières (Switzerland) |  |