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European Art
Between the World Wars

Rene Magritte

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Magritte: photo about 1935  René Magritte

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

alt spelling: margritte rene magritte

Magritte saw a reproduction of a De Chirico painting and was fascinated by the force of the confusing logic (or lack thereof) in De Chirico's pictures. Inspired, he created his own visual logic and from then on employed it to form his distinctive brand of surrealism.

 

1920s
 

 

Magritte: The Model

The Model
1922

  

   Magritte: Left Behind by the Shadow

Left Behind by the Shadow
1926

   Magritte: Attempting the Impossible

Attempting the Impossible
1926

   Magritte: The Threatened Murderer

The Threatened Murderer
1926
The Museum of Modern Art, New York

Magritte: Pleasure

Pleasure
1927
Kunstsammlung
Nordhein-Wesfalen
Düsseldorf, Germany

  Magritte: The Lovers

The Lovers
1928

Magritte: The Treason of Pictures (This is not a Pipe)

The Treason of Pictures
(This is not a Pipe)
1929
Los Angeles County Museum of Art

 1930s

  

 Magritte: Clechamp

Key to the Fields
1933

 

    Magritte: The Rape

The Rape
1934

  Magritte: The Discovery of Fire

The Discovery of Fire
1935

    Magritte: Eternal Evidence

Eternal Evidence
1930
The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas

 Magritte: Clairvoyance [selfportrait]

Clairvoyance
[self-portrait]
1936

 Magritte: The Red Model

The Red Model
1937
M. Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL

  Magritte: The Therapist

The Therapist
1937

 1940 to 1945

  Magritte: Homesickness

Homesickness
1940

Magritte: Call of the Peaks

Call of the Peaks
1942

  Magritte: The Forbidden Universe

The Forbidden Universe
1943
Musée d'Art Moderne
Liège, France

  Magritte: The Harvest

The Harvest
1943

 

 Magritte: The Good Omens

The Good Omens
1944

 Unknown Date; Some Idea of Name

  Magritte: Voice

Voice

  Magritte: False Mirror

False Mirror

 Magritte: Black Magic

Black Magic

  Magritte: L'Homme

Le Fils de l’Homme
1964

 Magritte: Song of Love

Song of Love

  Magritte: Threatening Weather

Threatening Weather

 Unknown Date; Unknown Name

 

 

Magritte: [unknown 1]

 

  

 

Magritte: [unknown 3]

 

 Magritte: [unknown 4]

 Magritte: [unknown 2]

 

Many of René Magritte's pictures can be viewed in Brussels and Paris at Galerie Christine and Isy Brachot.

Other works:

There are 19 more Magritte pictures of work done after World War II in another gallery.

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