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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]
Not to Be Reproduced (La reproduction interdite, 1937) is a painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte. It is currently owned by the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. [1] This painting was commissioned by poet and Magritte patron Edward James and is considered a portrait of James although James's face is not depicted.
René Magritte (born in Lessines, 1898 – died in Brussels, 1967) – Surrealism; Auguste Mambour (born in Liège, 1896 – died in Liège, 1968) – Expressionism, Cubism, African art; Frans Masereel (born in Blankenberge, 1889 – died in Avignon, France, 1972) – painter and woodcutter; Armand Massonet (1892–1979)
The Treason of Images (This is not a Pipe) [45] 1929 Oil on canvas 55 x 72 cm Tree of Knowledge [46] 1929 Oil on canvas 41 x 27 cm The Eternally Obvious (L'évidence éternelle) [47] 1930 The Menil Collection Oil on five separately stretched and framed canvases mounted on acrylic sheet 167.6 × 38.1 × 55.9 cm La clef des songes. [48] 1930
A major work by surrealist painter René Magritte that hasn’t been shown in public for a quarter century could fetch 50 million pounds ($64 million) at auction next month. Christie’s auction ...
The Human Condition (La condition humaine) is the title of four paintings by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte.One was completed in 1933 and is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. [1] Another one was completed in 1935 and is part of the Simon Spierer Collection in Geneva, Switzerland. [2]
René Magritte, originally from the Walloon province of Hainaut, moved to Brussels in 1915 at the age of 17 and lived in seven different apartments until his death in 1967. [3] He only interrupted these Brussels years by staying in the Parisian suburb of Le Perreux-sur-Marne , where he lived from 1927 to 1930.
A René Magritte painting depicting an eerily lit streetscape has smashed the auction record for the Surrealist artist’s work. René Magritte’s ‘L’empire des lumières’ sells for record ...