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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]
The Museum of Modern Art; Kay Sage Tanguy Fund Oil on canvas 150.4 x 195.2 cm Palace of Curtains [19] 1928 Oil on canvas 81 x 116 cm Voice of Silence [20] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm Acrobat's Ideas [21] 1928 Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst Oil on canvas 116 x 81 cm Swift Hope [22] 1928 Hamburger Kunsthalle Oil on canvas 49.5 x 64 cm
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Many of Magritte's works were used directly in that scene. In the 1999 movie The Thomas Crown Affair starring Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo and Denis Leary, the Magritte painting The Son of Man was prominently featured as part of the plot line. Gary Numan's 1979 album The Pleasure Principle was a reference to Magritte's painting of the same name.
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 ...
The Son of Man (French: Le fils de l'homme) is a 1964 painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. It is perhaps his best-known artwork. [1] Magritte painted it as a self-portrait. [2] The painting consists of a man in an overcoat and a bowler hat standing in front of a low wall, beyond which are the sea and a cloudy sky. The man ...
The Portrait is an oil on canvas painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte, from 1935. It depicts an almost photo-realistic table setting with a slice of ham in the center, with an eye staring back at the viewer from the center of the ham. This painting was once part of the private collection of the surrealist painter Kay Sage.
The Treachery of Images (French: La Trahison des images) is a 1929 painting by Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. It is also known as This Is Not a Pipe, [2] Ceci n'est pas une pipe [2] and The Wind and the Song. [3] It is on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. [1] The painting shows an image of a pipe.