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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.
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]
Time Transfixed (La Durée poignardée) is a 1938 oil on canvas painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte. It is part of the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago and is usually on display in the museum's Modern Wing. [1] The painting was one of many done for surrealist patron and Magritte supporter Edward James. This was ...
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 ...
Meaning of Night [14] 1927 Menil Collection (Houston. Tex.) Oil on canvas 139 x 105 cm The Murderous Sky (Le ciel meurtrier) [15] 1927 Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. France Oil on canvas 73 x 100 cm Female Thief [16] 1927 Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique Oil on canvas 100 x 73 cm Prince of Objects [17 ...
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“Empire of Light” is the proof. While the world was in lockdown these past couple years, Mendes let his imagination run to his happy place: a grand old English movie palace he dubbed the ...