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: (100)
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The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
Artist: René Magritte Title: Le 16 Septembre Date: about 1955 Medium: gouache Dimensions: H.14 x
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts -
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 - Time Transfixed 1938 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago Belgian
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Rene Magritte - La Tempete (The Tempest) c. 1944 oil on canvas Portland 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 - La condition humaine 1933 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art 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 - 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 - Memory of a Voyage 1955 oil on canvas The Museum of Modern Art Belgian
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Rene Magritte - World Tour 1945 oil on board Cleveland Museum of Art Belgian
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RenÈ Magritte Untitled Poster for Magritte Exhibition, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1966 Color lithograph 1966
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Edgar Degas - Rene de Gas 1855 oil on canvas National Gallery of Art French
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RenÈ Magritte Les Bijoux Indiscrets Color lithograph 1963
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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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Robert Malone Luncheon with Magritte color relief 1972
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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 Boyvin The Nymph of Fountainebleau engraving 19th century
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Marie Auguste Emile Rene MÈnard Automne Color lithograph 1897
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Theodor De Bry - Meeting between Rene de Laudonniere and the Timucuan Chief Athore 1591 engraving The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens Flemish
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Rene Lalique Pair of Rummers glass circa 1900
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Rene Lalique Owl figurine crystal 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Decanter with lid glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Vase glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique One of a pair of wine glasses glass circa 1900
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Rene Lalique Pair of wine glasses glass circa 1900
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Rene Lalique Pair of wine glasses glass circa 1900
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Rene Lalique Pheasant figurine crystal 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Vase etched glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Sherbet glass crystal 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Bird figurine crystal 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Sparrow figurine glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Rooster figurine glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Cockatoo figurine crystal 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lochon Portrait of a man 17th century
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Max Unold In Memoriam Rene Beeh wood cut 1922
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Rene Lalique Perfume bottle with stopper glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Beeh Lowe (lion) Lithograph circa 1920
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Erik Desmazieres L'Atelier Rene Taze (III) Etching 1981
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Rene Lalique Candy dish etched glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Bud vase hand etched glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Round dish with swans glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Sparrow candy dish glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Pair of wine glasses glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Female quail figurine glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Big horn sheep figurine glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lochon Portrait of a man Engraving 17th century
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Rene Lochon Portrait of a man, 1653 Engraving 1653
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Gustave Rene Pierre Le Pont Neuf 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Pair of finger bowls with matching saucers glass circa 1900
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Rene Lalique Decanter with artichoke shaped stopper glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Bird in bowl candy dish glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Boar figurine hand etched crystal 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Dove figurine hand etched glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lochon Portrait of a Bishop, 1657 Engraving 1657
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Rene Lochon Portrait of a bishop Engraving 17th century
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Rene Lochon Portrait of a Bishop Engraving 17th century
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Albert (René) Grenier (1858-1925), 1887 or 1888 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (French, 1864-1901)Oil on wood; 13
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Rene Lochon Portrait of a Bishop Engraving 17th century
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Rene Lochon Portrait of a Bishop Engraving 17th century
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Rene Bressler Punished for his pranks Gillotype 19th century
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Erik Desmazieres Address Card of the Atelier Rene Taze Etching 1977
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Hippolyte Jean Flandrin - Rene-Charles Dassy and His Brother Jean-Baptiste-Claude-Amede Dassy 1850 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Rene Gaillard Le Moineau retrouvÈ Engraving 18th century
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Nicolas De Poilly Portrait of Rene Potier, duc de Tresmes Engraving 17th century
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Marie Auguste Emile Rene MÈnard [Two Shepherds] - from the Portfolio Les Cartons D'Estampes GravÈes Sur Bois, Ouvrage Corporative (Portfolio of wood engravings after works of various French artists) wood engraving 1919
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Rene Lalique Bud vase round, with fish design hand etched glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lalique Perfume bottle with ladybug stopper hand etched glass 19th - 20th century
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Rene-Antoine Houasse Abduction of Orithyia by Boreas (from the Metamorphoses of Ovid series) wool and silk circa 1720
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Rene Lalique Lamp base (a),with crystal arch (b), over ribbed shade (c) wood and glass 19th - 20th century
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Secrétaire
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Pierre-Imbert Drevet Portrait of Rene Pucelle Engraving 1739
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Rene Ernest Huet Chrysanthemum and Lilies graphite, black, red and white chalk 19th - 20th century
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Rene Lochon Portrait of a Bishop, 1667, Balthasar Philipe aux de la Vrilliere, Abbas Engraving 1667
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Rene Lochon Portrait of Bishop Francis Felix Vialart, Episcopalian Engraving 17th century
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Master of Le Palazze, Italian (Umbrian), active in later 13th or early 14th century The
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Louis Pierre Rene DeMoraine French 19th cent. Military Costume 19th century
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Cornelis van Dalen The Elder Portrait of Rene Descartes (1596-1650) Engraving 17th century
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Young Woman Reading Jean Honoré Fragonard (French, 1732-1806)Oil on canvas; Oval, 27 1/8 x 21
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Rene Xavier Prinet [Portrait of a Woman Painting] - from the Portfolio Les Cartons D'Estampes GravÈes Sur Bois, Ouvrage Corporative (Portfolio of wood engravings after works of various French artists) wood engraving 1919
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Gerard Edelinck Portrait of Rene des Cartes, Chevalier du Perron Engraving 17th - 18th century
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Rene Menard - Pastoral Scene 1911 oil on fabric Cleveland Museum of Art French
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Necklace, ca. 1900 René Jules Lalique (French, 1860-1945)Gold, enamel, Australian opal, Siberian amethysts; Overall diam.
Museum of Fine Arts -
Auguste (René) Rodin, French, 1840-1917 Standing Nude 1900-10 Graphite pencil and watercolor Sheet: 32.5 x
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Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917 Thérèse De Gas Portrait about 1855-56 Black crayon and graphite on
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Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917 Portrait of Edmondo Morbilli about 1865 Charcoal or black chalk on
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Rene Lalique Water jug glass circa 1820
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Edouard Manet, French, 1832-1883 René Maizeroy about 1882 Pastel on canvas 56.2 x 35 cm
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Thomas Sully, American (born in England), 1783-1872 Victor René Value and His Daughter Charlotte 1828
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Possibly by René Boyvin, French, 1525-1580 or 98 Possibly designed by Baccio Bandinelli, Italian, 1493-1560
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Ferdinand VII (1784-1833), When Prince of Asturias Francisco de Goya y Lucientes and Workshop (Spanish,
Museum of Fine Arts -
Edgar Degas, French, 1834-1917 Edmondo and Thérèse Morbilli about 1867 Oil on canvas 116.5 x

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