René Magritte - The Law of Gravity (1928)
René Magritte (Belgian, 1898-1967), L'Explication [The Explanation], 1952. Oil on canvas, 80 x 60.3 cm.
René Magritte’s body of work has become part of our collective unconsciousness. His gaze-arresting images continue to go around the world and captivate the imagination of young and old alike. His secret? As the master of Mystery, Magritte manages to turn our perceptions on their head with seeming simplicity. In fact, he thoroughly throws the world in which we live into disarray. In his canvases, items as commonplace as an apple, a glass of water, an umbrella or a bowler hat, suddenly become refreshingly quirky! Magritte teaches us how to see the world around us in a different light.
L’ami intime (The Intimate Friend), 1958 René Magritte
René Magritte (1898-1967, Belgian) ~ Shéhérazade, 1947 [Source: Christie's]
René Magritte, L'épreuve du sommeil, 1926-27
René Magritte
Youth - René Magritte
René Magrite Les idées de l'acrobat, 1928 Oil on canvas. (Photo taken by me last week during my visit to the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich).
The Sixteenth of September - René Magritte
René Magritte, "The Art of Conversation", 1950
René Magritte
La Voix Du Sang, 1948. René Magritte. Oil on canvas.
René Magritte
René Magritte Le Monde Invisible, 1954 Oil on canvas
René Magritte (Belgian,1898-1967) Empire of Light, 1953-1954 Oil on canvas
René Magritte - La Bonne Aventure (Good Fortune), 1938
Bonne année * Meilleurs voeux * Happy New Year * Best wishes * Frohes neues Jahr * Feliz año nuevo a todos * Auguri . René Magritte - New Years (Les Nouvelles années) [1942]. - source flickr.
"LA MALÉDICTION (THE CURSE)" RENÉ MAGRITTE // 1963 [oil on canvas on cardboard | 16 cm × 21 cm.]
Unexpected answer, 1933 René Magritte
René Magritte - The Empire of Lights (1954)
The Seducer - René Magritte
Forest of Paimpont by René Magritte
René Magritte La belle captive, 1946 Gouache on paper
The Castle of the Pyrenees (René Magritte, 1959)
From time to time I have students research an artist prior to beginning a project and record their understanding of that artist and their work by making an Artist Page. They are encouraged to arrange all the relevant information in a manner that represents or connects back to the artist. This gives me the opportunity to see if they are ready to begin the project. This was their very first one on Rene Magritte/Surrealism before they did a surreal collage using Magrittes artistic devices - transformation, scale, levitation, juxtapostion, transparency and dislocation.
In the realm of surreal, Magritte's 'Plant with Flower and Leaves' (circa 1946) whispers an enigmatic tale - a single plant basking in its own mystery. It beckons us to find narratives within the ord…
RENÉ MAGRITTE / “LE MONDE VISIBLE” / 1962 [oil on canvas | 39 ½ x 31 7/8″]
René Magritte
René Magritte, La Vocation, 1964
René Magritte, The Secret Life IV, 1928
René Magritte The Light of Coincidences
Color lithograph after the 1950 oil on canvas by René Magritte, printed signature of Magritte and numbered from the edition of 275. The lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte Foundation & ADAGP and is countersigned in pencil by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte Foundation, Chairman of the Magritte Museum and unique representative of the Magritte Succession. A proof of edition is printed on the back of the lithograph, guaranteeing its authenticity. Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist whose witty and thought-provoking images challenged observers? preconditioned perceptions of reality. Magritte's work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects in an unusual context, giving new meanings to familiar things.Magritte grew up in a simple and somewhat tragic household. His father was a modest tailor. His mother, who was mentally unsound, committed suicide in the year 1912. Magritte started drawing at a young age, and his first paintings, produced c. 1915, were Impressionistic in style.Magritte first worked as a draughtsman in a wallpaper factory and, in the year 1922, fell in love with and married Georgette Berger. In 1926, Magritte signed a contract with Galerie La Centaure in Brussels, making it possible for him to paint full-time. During this time, inspired by his friend Andr Breton, he became involved with the Surrealist group.During the German occupation of Belgium in World War II, he stayed in Brussels. He continued to paint, gaining increased recognition. His work was exhibited in the United States in New York multiple times, including 2 retrospective exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1967, Magritte died of pancreatic cancer, his imagery having greatly influenced pop, minimalist, and conceptual art.
