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 20th CenturyEuropean Art After World War II

Rene Magritte

 

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Magritte: photo about 1960  Rene Magritte

born: Lessines, Belgium; 1898
died: Brussels, Belgium; 1967

 

 

1946 to 1949

Magritte: Sea of Flames

Sea of Flames
1946

 Magritte: Le Liberator

Le Liberator
1947
County Museum of Art
Los Angeles

Magritte: The Psychologist

The Psychologist
1947

 Magritte: The Famine

The Famine
1948

  

   Magritte: The Pebble

The Pebble
1948
Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts, Brussels

 

1950s

Magritte: Perspective I: Madame Recamier (after JL David)

Perspective I: David's Madame Recamier
1950
[after J-L David's Madame Recamier]

Magritte: [sculpture] Madame Recamier

Madame Recamier
[sculpture]
1967

 Magritte: Perspective II: The Balcony (after Manet)

Perspective II:
Manet's Balcony
1950
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, NL
[after Manet's the Balcony

] Magritte: Persistent Va;lue

PersonalValues
1951

Magritte: The Magician

The Magician
1952

 Magritte: Golconde

Golconde
1953
The Menil Collection, Houston, Texax

 Magritte: The Happy Hand

The Happy Hand
1953

  

  Magritte: The Schoolmaster

The Schoolmaster
1954

 Magritte: Empire of Light

Empire of Light
1954
Musée Royaux des Beaux Arts, Brussels

 Magritte: Ignorant

The Ignorant Fairy
1956

Magritte: The Listening Room

The Listening Room
1958

 

1960s

  

Magritte: The Big Family

The Big Family
1963

  

 Magritte: La Lunette D'Approche

La Lunette D'Approche
1963

Magritte: The Great War

The Great War
1964

 Magritte: The Blank Check

The Blank Cheque
1965
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC

 

There are 29 more Magritte pictures done between the world wars in another gallery.

 

Many of Rene Magritte pictures and sculptures can be viewed in Brussles and Paris at Galerie Christine and Isy Brachot.

 

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