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René François Ghislain Magritte (French: [ʁəne fʁɑ̃swa ɡilɛ̃ maɡʁit]; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. [1]
René Magritte (born in Lessines, 1898 – died in Brussels, 1967) – Surrealism; Auguste Mambour (born in Liège, 1896 – died in Liège, 1968) – Expressionism, Cubism, African art; Frans Masereel (born in Blankenberge, 1889 – died in Avignon, France, 1972) – painter and woodcutter; Armand Massonet (1892–1979)
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 ...
This is a list of the works of Belgian painter René Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967), a key surrealist painter known for the wittiness of his work. [ 1 ] Paintings
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Both death and laughter are recurrent themes in Magritte's series, in which the original individual is replaced by the macabre. This sense of morbidity is counteracted with the humor of the piece, hinting at the inevitability of death and the ephemerality of life—a far cry from David's intended message with his original portrait. [13]