The 575 Artworks of Rene Magritte

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Rene Magritte - The LoversThe LoversRene Magritte

Introduction to René Magritte

René François Ghislain Magritte (1898-1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his thought-provoking and witty images. His work ...

 
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Rene Magritte - PleasurePleasureRene Magritte

According to other sources the explanation behind this painting is rather simple: One day Magritte saw his wife eating a chocolate bird, so he decided he would do a painting of a young woman eating a live bird. Evidently he decided not to use an accurate portrait of Georgette because of the graphic ...

Paris (France)
 
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Rene Magritte - The Blank CheckThe Blank CheckRene Magritte

This painting utilizes a technique like that of the Schuster fork, and illustrates how the mind constructs the impossibility. The mind puts together the separate elements into a 'coherent' whole of these parts. The horse is thus bisected by a patch of background grass. Also, one of the tree trunks i...

 
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Rene Magritte - The treachery of images (This is not a pipe)The treachery of images (This is not a pipe)Rene Magritte

This painting is a brutal illustration of many types of people being indiscriminately taken by death. Skeletons are murdering hundreds of people, everyone from peasants to nobles, and from children to the King. None are spared their fate at the hands of death. This painting illustrates the influence...

 
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Rene Magritte - The Human ConditionThe Human ConditionRene Magritte

The Human Condition (La condition humaine) generally refers to two similar oil on canvas paintings by the Belgiansurrealist René Magritte. One was completed in 1933 and is in the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The other was completed in 1935 and is part of the Simon Spie...

National Gallery of Art (Washington, United States)
 
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Rene Magritte - The Empire of LightThe Empire of LightRene Magritte

There are many versions of this Surrealist piece- The Empire of Light, they were painted from the 1940s to the 1960s. The painting depicts a dark, nocturnal street, houses with the light emanating from the indoors. There are trees along the side and a single lamppost pours light in the area. Above t...

 
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Rene Magritte - The Menaced AssassinThe Menaced AssassinRene Magritte

The Menaced Assassin (French: L'Assassin menacé) is a 1927 oil on canvas painting by Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte. The main subject of the painting, a blood-smeared nude woman, is seen lying on a couch. The assassin of the painting's title, a well-dressed man, stands ready to leave, his c...

Museum of Modern Art (New York, United States)
 
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Rene Magritte - The BanquetThe BanquetRene Magritte

Made in 1958, “The Banquet” was preserved in the Art Institute of Chicago as a part of the Lindy and Bergman Collection, 143 in 1991. The first version of this painting was done through the use of gouache in 1956. Even though Magritte was an essential member of the surrealist movement in Paris, his ...

 
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Rene Magritte - Not to be reproducedNot to be reproducedRene Magritte

The Surrealist artist, Rene Magritte, had a constant patron, British poet Edward James who spent his fortune on young artists and to thrust them into fame. The painting Not to be Reproduced is a portrait of James, although his face is never seen. The image shows James sitting in front of a mirror bu...

 

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