Movie: Catwoman
Painting: The Cat in the Mirror II (le chat au miroir II)
Author: Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
About the film
Cast: Halle Berry, Benjamin Bratt, Sharon Stone, Lambert Wilson, Frances Conroy, Alex Borstein, Michael Massee, Byron Mann
Actors in scene: Halle Berry
Country (movie): USA, Australia
Genres: action, fantasy
Director: Pitof
Writers: John Rogers, Michael Ferris, John D. Brancato
Time of scene: 01:15:26
Release year: 2004
About the painting
Title: The Cat in the Mirror II (le chat au miroir II)
Author: Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Date of creation: 1988
Style: Expressionism, Realism
Size: large
Artist's country: France
Room: office, living room
Room colors: brown, gray, blue
Theme: genre scene
Color: red, yellow, brown, black, pink
Additional information:
Author of the painting in this scene is Balthus, he was an esteemed but controversial Polish-French modern artist. A common theme of his works are cats and young girls. In addition to images Balthus also created book illustrations and theatrical set designs.
In 1921 Mitsou, a book which included forty drawings by Balthus, was published. It depicted the story of a young boy and his cat, with a preface by Balthus’s mentor, the Bohemian-Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) who at the time was his mother’s lover. The theme of the story foreshadowed his lifelong fascination with cats, which resurfaced with his self-portrait as The King of Cats (1935).