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  2. René Magritte - Wikipedia

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    Little is known about Magritte's early life. He began lessons in drawing in 1910. [3] On 24 February 1912, his mother died by suicide by drowning herself in the River Sambre at Châtelet. [4] It was not her first suicide attempt. Her body was not discovered until 12 March. [4]

  3. 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.

  4. List of paintings by René Magritte - Wikipedia

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    Night Life: 1923 oil on canvas 50.1 x 40.2 cm Three Nudes in an Interior: 1923 oil on canvas 59.5 x 55.5 cm Youth: 1924 oil on canvas 50.5 x 41 cm Advertisements for "Norine" 1925 gouache on paper The Bather: 1925 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi oil on canvas 50 x 100 cm Blue Cinema: 1925 Private collection oil on canvas 65 x 54cm ...

  5. The Difficult Crossing - Wikipedia

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    The Difficult Crossing (La traversée difficile) is the name given to two oil-on-canvas paintings by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte.The original version was completed in 1926 during Magritte's early prolific years of surrealism and is currently held in a private collection. [1]

  6. 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 ...

  7. On the Threshold of Liberty - Wikipedia

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    The work depicts a large room with the walls paneled with different scenes or windows. Each panel reveals a different subject: a sky, fire, wood, a forest, the front of a building, an ornamental pattern, a female torso and a strange metallic texture featuring spherical bells (a common Magritte element). Inside the room is a cannon.

  8. The Palace of Memories - Wikipedia

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    This was a momentous turning point in the life of Magritte and in the history of much of the world as well, as it marked the beginning of the Second World War. The Palace of Memories may thus date from after the declaration of war, yet before the invasion of Belgium and its subsequent Occupation, which began in May the following year.

  9. Not to Be Reproduced - Wikipedia

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    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.

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