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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]
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 ...
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 ...
Elective Affinities (Magritte) The Empire of Light; The Empty Mask; The Enchanted Pose; F. ... File:The Meaning of Night by Rene Magritte.jpg; File:The Menaced ...
In his 1950 painting The Empire of Light, René Magritte (1898–1967), [66] explores the illusion of night and day, and the paradox of time and light. On the top half of his canvas Magritte paints a clear blue sky and white clouds that radiate bright daytime; while on the bottom half of his canvas below the sky, he paints a street, sidewalk ...
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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