A recent sighting of "The Hypnotist" in the Royal Crescent, Bath. A beautiful  painting recently completed by William Balthazar Rose.

Rose's newest show is in a museum, hosted by the Commune of Monte                  Santa Maria Tiberina, Umbria. There are over 46 paintings, spanning over a decade. Many              pieces are still owned by the artist, and some represent what is now being called 'a secret diary' of the artist.

The Grefi Gallery in Umbertide is hosting an exhibition of over twenty 'Cooks' painted by Balthazar. Included are six spectacular watercolours. Sales are fast and furious. There are 3 major shows of William's work in central Italy this summer.

This perfectly executed flower painting is to be featured in a group of flower paintings exhibited in a prominent Californian gallery. For more information please contact William's website manager at www.william-balthazar-rose.co.uk . These flower paintings were painted by the artist in the last year. Rose says that flowers offer the artist one of the best ways to tune one's colour.

William Balthazar Rose was caught on camera (being followed by a youthful fan) by a member of the paparazzi. Rose values his privacy and lives in a remote part of Umbria so as to maintain it. The increased interest in his painting has meant a surge in its value and a consequent interest in the artist himself.  The artist requires a great deal of seclusion in order to work.

Another mysterious flower painting seen in the artist's studio.

The spring has brought on a surge of new landscapes from the artist William Balthazar Rose

Several flower pieces painted this spring are said to have been inspired by Redon.

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a most amusing painting was seen at the Brian Sinfield Gallery in Burford England www.briansinfield.com/197_william-balthazar-rose.htm

an important critic, responding to the piece said though the subject conveyed the tension of certain international conflicts, the work itself was timeless. A very influential private client is believed to have purchased the piece.

William has been sited in Umbria with an important friend from the acting profession.


His painting "Prayers" on show at the Brian Sinfield Gallery has had a lot of interest 
however it is still considered too controversial for most buyers. The image seems harmonious, however 
the content is to say the least complex. Under the quiet veneer exists a most intense discourse.
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This still life was painted as a homage to Luca 

Pacioli, the quattrocento mathematician.  It was the last still life William arranged while living in Sansepolcro.

Picasso appears to have been an influence on Rose. This work demonstrates a return to 'valore plastic' metaphysical and cubist tendencies. A powerful piece now in a private collection in Milan.

More Cooks! William Balthazar Rose is opening another one man show at the Brian Sinfield Gallery, 127 the Hill, Burford, Oxon OX18 4RE. Reception Sunday the 14th of September, from 11am - 4pm. Catalogue available.

The exhibition is the result of over two years of intense work, and includes several larger pieces, landscapes, cooks, figure studies, and the mysterious work 'The Wheel.'

Sansepolcro, the birthplace of Piero della Francesca has been the subject of several landscape studies. One of these is to be exhibited in the up and coming solo show at the Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford.
The one seen here, the painter gave to his wife in 2012.

Rose was clearly influenced by this detail of the 'Flagellation' by Piero della Francesca. The painting is one of several works by Rose in which the cook becomes the protagonist for larger issues.

Metaphysical painting including the work of Giorgio DeChirico and Giorgio Morandi had a major affect on Rose's painting from an early age. In the early 1980s Rose visited an exhibition of Morandi's paintings at the San Francisco MOMA. He subsequently wrote a review for 'Concrete Magazine' funded by the College of Environmental Design, Berkeley.
Rose has worked often as a still life painter, and has equally incorporated the metaphysical approach into his other paintings. While teaching at the university of California, Berkeley he gave a seminal lecture on the relationship between the metaphysical school of painters and the architect Aldo Rossi.

Piero della Francesca has been a leading influence on the contemporary painter William Balthazar Rose. Rose moved to Monte Santa Maria Tiberina, Umbria in 1997.  Using the last of his savings he purchased a small flat with spectacular views high in the Tuscan/Umbrian hills. He used this flat to explore the landscape motifs of the area, and aimed to apply some of Piero's geometric skills to the landscape paintings he made. He worked often with the square as a proportion (a modernist tendency) though his approach to the painting was direct and naturalistic.

The painting 'Night' exhibited and later sold by the Brian Sinfield Gallery in Burford was sited by William Balthazar Rose as being a major predecesor for his current set of paintings which are soon to be exhibited at the Sinfield Gallery. It has been rumoured that an important museum in Britain has been interested in acquiring  'Night' or one of similar quality.

William Balthazar Rose started this painting in Italy several years ago. The rich quality of the painting is due to the several layers of paint which have been built up over a long period of time. Rose recently concluded the painting, and it is now on display in Cornwall. There may in fact also be the influence of the St. Ives painters on this work.

An important gallery in Cornwall recently acquired for sale eight paintings by William Balthazar Rose. Several have not been seen before. The artist's patrons have asked for a high level of discretion with these works

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Two pieces were executed in Sansepolcro while the artist was living there. Both pay homage to Piero della Francesco, and both paintings are intimately linked to the city of Sansepolcro.