Inherit. Cite. Innovate. Concentrate

Balthus as the backbone which stick to the representative painting,who inherits the excellent, tradition of European paining has neverstopped the landscape and figure still-life. To know the art of Balthus,wemust attach importance to landscape painting, which express his feelingsof putting his heart and hermit in the mountain. From his works we cansee the spirit of inheriting, creating and using the experience of landscapepainting. The form of Balthus's art and the character of his landscapepainting will be clarified and his enlightenment on the auther will beprobed preliminarily. The thesis contains three chapters:The first chapter: the career of Balthus and illustration of hispainting.The second chapter:illustration of Balthus's landscape painting.Part1, Balthus's landscape painting is succeeded from European traditionalpainting. Part 2, Balthus's landscape painting possesses easternfeelings. Part 3, Balthus's landscape painting owns the spirit of innovation.The third chapter:the enlightenment of Balthus's landscapepainting. Part 1, the composition and the feelings of painting. Part 2, to drawfrom nature landscape. Part 3, the attitude of do scholarly research.