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The False Mirror is a surrealist oil on canvas painting by René Magritte, from 1928. It depicts a human eye framing a cloudy, blue sky. [1] [2] [3] In the depiction of the eye in the painting, the clouds take the place normally occupied by the iris. [4] [5] [6] The painting's original French title is Le faux miroir. [7]
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]
The False Mirror [34] 1928 The Museum of Modern Art; Purchase Oil on canvas 54 x 80.9 cm Six Elements [35] 1928 Philadelphia Museum of Art Oil on canvas 73 x 100 cm Attempting the Impossible [36] 1928 Oil on canvas 116 x 81 cm Lost World [37] 1928 Kunstmuseum Winterthur Oil on canvas 54.5 x 73.5 cm Apparition [38] 1928 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart ...
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.
The False Mirror; G. Golconda (Magritte) H. The Human Condition (Magritte) J. ... File:The Meaning of Night by Rene Magritte.jpg; File:The Menaced Assassin.jpg; File ...
The title of the painting translates to English literally as Ongoing Time Stabbed by a Dagger, and Magritte was reportedly unhappy with the generally accepted translation of Time Transfixed. [3] Magritte hoped that James would hang the painting at the base of his staircase so that the train would "stab" guests on their way up to the ballroom.
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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