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  2. René Magritte - Wikipedia

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    René François Ghislain Magritte (French: [ʁəne fʁɑ̃swa ɡilɛ̃ maɡʁit]; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. [1]

  3. Rene and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog after the War

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    He took two photographs of them: one, "René and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog During the War", was a black and white photo, purportedly from the World War II era, but likely taken during the 1960s. [3] [4] The second, "René and Georgette Magritte With Their Dog", was taken in their home in Belgium in 1967. [5]

  4. The Son of Man - Wikipedia

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    The Son of Man (French: Le fils de l'homme) is a 1964 painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. It is perhaps his best-known artwork. [1] Magritte painted it as a self-portrait. [2] The painting consists of a man in an overcoat and a bowler hat standing in front of a low wall, beyond which are the sea and a cloudy sky. The man ...

  5. Talk:René Magritte/Archive 1 - Wikipedia

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    The photo I am suggesting to place in the article is not just an ordinary snap-shop like “Magritte entering one of his exhibitions”. It is a portrait-situation authorised by Magritte himself that emerged in a cooperative process between him and the photographer and that was mend to be part of a book.

  6. The Empire of Light - Wikipedia

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    The Empire of Light II (1950), oil on canvas, 79 x 99 cm. Museum of Modern Art, New York. Although Magritte had already completed a few versions by 1953, a retrospective at the 1954 Venice Biennale included a 1954 version (now in the Peggy Guggenheim Collection) that attracted several collectors with expectations of buying the painting.

  7. The Treachery of Images - Wikipedia

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    The Treachery of Images (French: La Trahison des Images) is a 1929 painting by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte.It is also known as This Is Not a Pipe, [2] Ceci n'est pas une pipe [2] and The Wind and the Song. [3]

  8. 'Key to the Mystery': Austin man's Surrealist painting now ...

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    Austinite Lars Frazer's late father, not usually into the arts, owned a tiny Surrealist painting, which ended up in Frazer's hands. It is now on display at the Blanton Museum of Art.

  9. René Magritte Museum - Wikipedia

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    He eventually bought the building at 135, rue Esseghem, which still belonged to the family of Magritte's former landlords. Starting in 1993, he restored the house, and in 1999, celebrating Magritte's 100th anniversary, the museum was open to the public. [4] In 2009, the museum reopened after an extensive restoration. [5]