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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]
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 ...
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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]
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.
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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.
Poe was one of Magritte's favorite authors and he made other references to the author in his work. For example, the title of the 1938 painting The Domain of Arnheim was taken from the 1847 Poe short story of the same name. [5] Magritte painted another portrait of Edward James titled The Pleasure Principle (1937). It depicts James from the front ...