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The Lovers (French: Les Amants (French pronunciation: [lez‿amɑ̃])) is a surrealist painting by René Magritte, made in Paris in 1928. It's the first in a series of four variations, and in the painting two people can be seen kissing passionately with their faces covered in a white cloth hiding their identities.
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 Lovers, an 1888 painting by Émile Friant; The Lovers (Master of the Housebook), c.1480 double portrait painting by the Master of the Housebook; The Lovers (Giulio Romano), a 1525 painting by Giulio Romano; The Lovers, a c. 1510 painting attributed to Titian; The Lovers, two paintings by René Magritte
The Lovers [41] 1928 The Museum of Modern Art; Gift of Richard S. Zeisler Oil on canvas 54 x 73.4 cm Literal Meaning II [42] 1929 Menil Collection (Houston. Tex.) Oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm Literal Meaning IV [43] 1929 Oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm Literal Meaning VI [44] 1929 Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm The Treason of Images (This is not a Pipe) [45] 1929
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 ...
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.
“I’ve always liked that word, but I’ve never used it in, like, everyday life when people are like, ‘That’s my lover over there,’ or calling each other a lover.
The Lovers (Magritte) M. The Meaning of Night (painting) ... File:The Meaning of Night by Rene Magritte.jpg; File:The Menaced Assassin.jpg;