BIOGRAPHY
René François Ghislain Magritte (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.
EARLY LIFE
This artist was born on a certain date and lived an odd life as a child.
CAREER
This artist was part of the Surrealist movement [or some adjacent movement] and created works as part of it.
LATER LIFE
Eventually, this artist got much older [and has either died or is now in the later stages of their career].
SELECTED WORKS
EARLY PERIOD (1919-1925)
The Model (1922), Oil on canvas
Three Nudes in an Interior (1923), Oil on canvas
Self-Portrait (1923), Oil on canvas
Bather (1925), Oil on canvas
Nocturne (1925), Oil on canvas
PARIS YEARS (1926-1930)
Popular Panorama (1926), Oil on canvas
The Birth of Idol (1926), Oil on canvas
The Lost Jockey (1928), Collage
The False Mirror (1928), Oil on canvas
The Lovers (1928), Oil on canvas
BRUSSELS PRE & POST-WAR (1931-1942)
Elective Affinities (1933), Oil on canvas
The Human Condition (1933), Oil on canvas
Not to be Reproduced (1937), Oil on canvas
The Pleasure Principle (Portrait of Edward James) (1937), Oil on canvas
Time Transfixed (1938), Oil on canvas
SUNLIT PERIOD (1943-1947)
Call of Peaks (1943), Oil on canvas
The Return of The Flame (1943), Oil on canvas
Natural Encounters (1945), Oil on canvas
The Taste of Tears (1946), Oil on canvas
The Rights of Man (1947), Oil on canvas
VACHE PERIOD (1929; 1947-1948)
The Treachery of Images (1929), Oil on canvas
Prince Charming (1948), Oil on canvas
The Ellipse (1948), Oil on canvas
The Imaginative Faculty (1948), Oil on canvas
The Psychologist (1948), Oil on canvas
MATURE PERIOD (1948-1960)
Memory (1948), Oil on canvas
The Art of Conversation (1950), Oil on canvas
Golconda (1953), Oil on canvas
The Empire of Lights (1954), Oil on canvas
Memory of a Journey (1955), Oil on canvas
LATER YEARS (1958-1967)
The Postcard (1960), Oil on canvas
The Big Family (1963), Oil on canvas
The Looking Glass (1963), Oil on canvas
The Son of Man (1964), Oil on canvas
The Labours of Alexander (1967), Sculpture
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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- n/a. "René Magritte." Wikipedia.com. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Magritte