René Magritte
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René Magritte

Belgium • 1898 - 1967  910 followers

Everything in my works stems from the feeling of certainty that we actually belong to an enigmatic universe.

Biography

René François Ghislain Magritte (1898-1967) was a Belgian artist. His childhood was marked by the death of his mother, who killed herself, but also by his meeting of Georgette Berger during his teenage years, whom he later married and who became his only muse.

He moved to Brussels in 1915 and produced his first impressionist paintings. He started his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels and discovered cubism and surrealism. He started working as a designer in a wallpaper factory, and then as a freelance graphic designer. In Brussels, he befriended Belgian surrealists such as Goemans and Nougé.

He moved to Paris in 1927, where he met some of the most prominent writers and artists associated with the surrealist movement: André Breton, Luis Bunuel, Salvador Dali, Paul Eluard, Joan Miró... Certain differences of opinion with the surrealist group drove him to return to Belgium, where he became the leader of the movement. His anxiety over the war that he felt was coming reinforced his attachment to the surrealist thinking, but also his political involvement.

René Magritte was interested in the difference between objects and their representation. His body of work explores the mysteries we perceive from various aspects of everyday life, using sometimes language, other times theatrical settings to display bizarre objects. He used familiar objects in his paintings, encouraging us to change our perception of the most common things, by bringing our subjectivity into the equation. 

His dreamlike style earned him worldwide recognition starting in the 1960s. His works have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, and the Centre Georges Pompidou.

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Print, La Voix des Airs, René Magritte

La Voix des Airs

René Magritte

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$789

Print, Les Amants, René Magritte

Les Amants

René Magritte

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Print, La bataille de l'Argonne, René Magritte

La bataille de l'Argonne

René Magritte

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$879

Print, Les Valeurs Personnelles, René Magritte

Les Valeurs Personnelles

René Magritte

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$1,578 $1,263

Print, Les Amants, René Magritte

Les Amants

René Magritte

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Print, Le Domaine d'Arnheim, René Magritte

Le Domaine d'Arnheim

René Magritte

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Print, L'Art de la Conversation, René Magritte

L'Art de la Conversation

René Magritte

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$789 $671

Print, La Nuit de Pise, René Magritte

La Nuit de Pise

René Magritte

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Print, Le Grand Style, René Magritte

Le Grand Style

René Magritte

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Print, La Corde Sensible, René Magritte

La Corde Sensible

René Magritte

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Print, La Page Blanche, René Magritte

La Page Blanche

René Magritte

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Print, La Flèche de Zénon, René Magritte

La Flèche de Zénon

René Magritte

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Print, Un peu de l'âme des bandits, René Magritte

Un peu de l'âme des bandits

René Magritte

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Print, Le bouquet tout fait, René Magritte

Le bouquet tout fait

René Magritte

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Print, La Grande Guerre, René Magritte

La Grande Guerre

René Magritte

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Print, La Reconnaissance infinie, René Magritte

La Reconnaissance infinie

René Magritte

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La Grande Guerre

René Magritte

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Print, L'oiseau de ciel, René Magritte

L'oiseau de ciel

René Magritte

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Print, Le Tombeau des Lutteurs, René Magritte

Le Tombeau des Lutteurs

René Magritte

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Print, Ceci n'est pas une pomme, René Magritte

Ceci n'est pas une pomme

René Magritte

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Print, La Grande Famille, René Magritte

La Grande Famille

René Magritte

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Print, La nuit de Pise, René Magritte

La nuit de Pise

René Magritte

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Print, Le maître d'école, René Magritte

Le maître d'école

René Magritte

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Le Seize Septembre

René Magritte

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Le Château des Pyrénées

René Magritte

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Print, Le Beau Monde, René Magritte

Le Beau Monde

René Magritte

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Print, L'empire des Lumières, René Magritte

L'empire des Lumières

René Magritte

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Print, La valse hésitation, René Magritte

La valse hésitation

René Magritte

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$676

Print, Souvenirs de voyage, René Magritte

Souvenirs de voyage

René Magritte

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$733

Print, La Bataille de l'Argonne, René Magritte

La Bataille de l'Argonne

René Magritte

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La Durée Poignardée

René Magritte

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La Victoire

René Magritte

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La Valse Hésitation

René Magritte

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Souvenir de Voyage

René Magritte

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Schéhérazade

René Magritte

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L'Empire des Lumières

René Magritte

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La Belle Captive

René Magritte

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$1,454 $1,164

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La durée poignardée

René Magritte

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Le Retour

René Magritte

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Le Printemps

René Magritte

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Print, Un peu de l'âme des bandits, René Magritte

Un peu de l'âme des bandits

René Magritte

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Le Domaine d'Arnheim

René Magritte

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Le Tombeau des Lutteurs

René Magritte

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La Flèche de Zénon

René Magritte

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La Peine Perdue

René Magritte

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Print, Le Grand Style, René Magritte

Le Grand Style

René Magritte

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Print, La Page Blanche, René Magritte

La Page Blanche

René Magritte

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La corde sensible

René Magritte

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Print, L'art de la conversation, René Magritte

L'art de la conversation

René Magritte

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$879

Print, Souvenirs de voyage, René Magritte

Souvenirs de voyage

René Magritte

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Print, L'entrée en scène, René Magritte

L'entrée en scène

René Magritte

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Print, Le Dernier Cri, René Magritte

Le Dernier Cri

René Magritte

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$1,454 $1,164

Print, Le Grand Style, René Magritte

Le Grand Style

René Magritte

Print - 78 x 58 x 0.3 cm Print - 30.7 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

$1,454 $1,164

Print, Le Fils de l'Homme, René Magritte

Le Fils de l'Homme

René Magritte

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$1,578

Print, Décalcomanie, René Magritte

Décalcomanie

René Magritte

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$1,015

Print, La leçon de musique, René Magritte

La leçon de musique

René Magritte

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$4,961

Print, L'Empire des Lumières, René Magritte

L'Empire des Lumières

René Magritte

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$2,029

Print, Le Blanc-Seing, René Magritte

Le Blanc-Seing

René Magritte

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What is René Magritte’s artistic movement?
The artistic movements of the artists are: Surrealist Artists, Contemporary Still Life, Magic Realism, Avant-garde artists
When was René Magritte born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1898