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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.
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 ...
Musée de l’art wallon Oil on canvas 100 x 73 cm Table. Ocean and Fruit [11] 1927 Oil on canvas 50 x 65 cm Taste for the Invisible [12] 1927 Oil on canvas 100 x 73 cm Double Secret (Le double secret) [13] 1927 Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. France Oil on canvas 114 x 162 cm Meaning of Night [14] 1927
The paintings of the Belgian symbolist painter William Degouve de Nuncques have also been noted as an influence on Magritte, specifically the former's painting The Blind House (1892) and Magritte's variations or series on The Empire of Lights. [10]: 64–65 pp.
The Blind House is thought to have been an influence on the Surrealist, especially the paintings of René Magritte and his series The Empire of Lights. [3]: 65 The largest collection of his paintings, with over 20 oils and pastels, as well as prints and drawings, is in the Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo. [4]
The Magritte Museum displays some 200 original Magritte paintings, drawings and sculptures, [2] including The Return, Scheherazade and The Empire of Light. [3] This multidisciplinary permanent installation is the biggest Magritte archive anywhere.
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