A telegram sent to the Tate Gallery as it prepared for its 1968 retrospective of his works read: "NO BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS. BEGIN: BALTHUS IS A PAINTER OF WHOM NOTHING IS KNOWN. NOW LET US LOOK AT THE PICTURES. REGARDS. B.
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Updated Photo June 2010
- Roger Boyce
- Christchurch, New Zealand
- Expat American living and working in New Zealand. I have a long-established painting practice and occasionally write criticism for Art in America, Sculpture, Art New Zealand and ARTNET - among others. Where I come from the only people who read visual art criticism and review are the artist ,his dealer and the artist's mother.
The Illuminated Joyce
