Artist: Rene Magritte (1898 - 1967)
Nationality: Belgian
Movement: Surrealism
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Born as René Francois Ghislain Magritte in Lessines, Belgium, he studied at the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels from 1916 to 1918. His initial work was in the commercial field, designing graphics for fashion magazines and wallpaper. Moved by the work of Giorgio de Chirico, Magritte founded to Belgian Surrealist group in 1924. He devoted himself to the study of surrealism while living in Paris from 1927 to 1930. It was during this period that Magritte created the bizarre, eccentric paintings for which he

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
RenÈ Magritte, Untitled Poster for Magritte Exhibition, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1966, 1966
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RenÈ Magritte, Les Bijoux Indiscrets, 1963
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Artist: René Magritte Title: Le 16 Septembre Date: about 1955 Medium: gouache Dimensions: H.14 x
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Artist: René Magritte Title: Lola de Valence Date: 20th century Medium: gouache on white wove
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Artist: René Magritte Title: Euclidean Promenades Date: 1955 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: H.64-1/8 x
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Artist: René Magritte Title: Les Bijoux Indiscrets Date: 1963 Medium: color lithograph on mourlor paper
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Rene Magritte - The Eye 1932/35 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Belgian
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Rene Magritte - The Portrait 1935 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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Rene Magritte - Untitled c. 1963 ink Arkansas Arts Center Belgian
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Rene Magritte - The Lovers 1928 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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Rene Magritte - The Promenades of Euclid 1955 oil on canvas Minneapolis Institute of Arts Belgian
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Rene Magritte - La condition humaine 1933 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art Belgian
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Rene Magritte - World Tour 1945 oil on board Cleveland Museum of Art Belgian
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Rene Magritte - The Secret Life 1928 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art Belgian
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Rene Magritte - Memory of a Voyage 1955 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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Rene Magritte - The Palace of Curtains, III 1928-29 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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Rene Magritte - The False Mirror 1928 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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Rene Magritte - Time Transfixed 1938 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Belgian
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Rene Magritte - The Menaced Assassin 1927 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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Rene Magritte - La Tempete (The Tempest) c. 1944 oil on canvas Portland Museum of Art Belgian
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Robert Malone, Luncheon with Magritte, 1972
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Edgar Degas - Rene de Gas 1855 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Rene Magritte - Rose et Poire. Les Moyens d'Existence, Rose and Pear. The Means of Existence 1967 etching Hofstra Museum Belgian
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Edgar Degas - Madame Rene de Gas 1872-1873 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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Rene Magritte - Le Couer Devoile, Portrait de Tita Thirifays (The Heart Revealed, Portrait of Tita Thirifays) 1936 oil on canvas Portland Museum of Art Belgian
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Rene Lochon, Portrait of a man, 1653, 1653
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Rene Lochon, Portrait of a man, 17th century
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Max Unold, In Memoriam Rene Beeh, 1922
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Rene Lochon, Portrait of a man, 17th century
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Erik Desmazieres, L"Atelier Rene Taze (III), 1981
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Rene Lalique, Bud vase, 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique, Vase, 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lochon, Portrait of a Bishop, 1657, 1657
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Rene Lalique, Pair of Rummers, circa 1900
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Rene Lalique, Vase, 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique, Owl figurine, 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lochon, Portrait of a Bishop, 17th century
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Rene Lochon, Portrait of a Bishop, 17th century
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Rene Boyvin, The Nymph of Fountainebleau, 19th century
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Rene Gaillard, Le Moineau retrouvÈ, 18th century

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