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René Magritte

René Magritte

Belgium • 1898 - 1967 • 1386 followers
Featured in: Best sellers Master Artists

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

Nationality

Belgian

Categories

Printmakers

Artistic movements

Surrealism, Still Life, European Avant-Gardes

Themes

Fantastic, Landscape, Portrait

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.

Explore all artworks (138)

Print, La Page Blanche, René Magritte

La Page Blanche

Print . 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print . 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch

£1,320

Print, La valse hésitation, René Magritte

La valse hésitation

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£442

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Print, Le bouquet tout fait, René Magritte

Le bouquet tout fait

Print . 60 x 45 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 inch

£620

Print, L'Empire des Lumières, René Magritte

L'Empire des Lumières

Print . 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

£1,594

Print, Le Printemps, René Magritte

Le Printemps

Print . 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print . 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch

£1,231

Print, L'oiseau de ciel, René Magritte

L'oiseau de ciel

Print . 60 x 45 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 inch

£442

Print, La Bataille de l'Argonne, René Magritte

La Bataille de l'Argonne

Print . 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print . 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch

£1,142

Print, Le Bouquet tout fait, René Magritte

Le Bouquet tout fait

Print . 45 x 30 cm Print . 17.7 x 11.8 inch

£345

Print, Le Tombeau des Lutteurs, René Magritte

Le Tombeau des Lutteurs

Print . 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

£691

Print, Souvenir de Voyage, René Magritte

Souvenir de Voyage

Print . 60 x 45 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 inch

£345

Print, L'Empire des Lumières, René Magritte

L'Empire des Lumières

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£619

Print, Le Domaine d'Arnheim, René Magritte

Le Domaine d'Arnheim

Print . 60 x 45 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 inch

£442

Print, Les Amants, René Magritte

Les Amants

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£442

Print, Le Tombeau des Lutteurs, René Magritte

Le Tombeau des Lutteurs

Print . 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 x 0.1 inch

£620

Print, Time Transfixed, René Magritte

Time Transfixed

Print . 60 x 45 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 inch

£442

Print, La nuit de Pise, René Magritte

La nuit de Pise

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£442

Print, Le Fils de l´Homme, René Magritte

Le Fils de l´Homme

Print . 45 x 30 cm Print . 17.7 x 11.8 inch

£345

Print, La corde sensible, René Magritte

La corde sensible

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£442 £399

Print, Le Temps Menacant, René Magritte

Le Temps Menacant

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£442

Print, Le grand style, René Magritte

Le grand style

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£442

Print, La Flèche de Zénon, René Magritte

La Flèche de Zénon

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£442

Print, L'Empire des Lumières, René Magritte

L'Empire des Lumières

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£442

Print, La Trahison des Images, René Magritte

La Trahison des Images

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£442

Print, Memory of a Vollage, René Magritte

Memory of a Vollage

Print . 60 x 45 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 inch

£442

Print, Composition, René Magritte

Composition

Print . 58 x 78 cm Print . 22.8 x 30.7 inch

£415

Print, Man with Hat, René Magritte

Man with Hat

Print . 78 x 58 cm Print . 30.7 x 22.8 inch

£415

Print, L´Empire des Lumières, René Magritte

L´Empire des Lumières

Print . 30 x 45 cm Print . 11.8 x 17.7 inch

£345

Print, L´Empire del Lumières, René Magritte

L´Empire del Lumières

Print . 45 x 30 cm Print . 17.7 x 11.8 inch

£345

Print, La Golconde, René Magritte

La Golconde

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£345

Print, La Grande Guerre, René Magritte

La Grande Guerre

Print . 45 x 30 cm Print . 17.7 x 11.8 inch

£345

Print, Le Blanc-Seing, René Magritte

Le Blanc-Seing

Print . 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0 inch

£602

Print, Le Dernier Cri, René Magritte

Le Dernier Cri

Print . 78 x 58 x 0.2 cm Print . 30.7 x 22.8 x 0.1 inch

£1,142

Print, Le Retour, René Magritte

Le Retour

Print . 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm Print . 22.8 x 30.7 x 0.1 inch

£1,231

Print, Le Grand Style, René Magritte

Le Grand Style

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

£1,142

Print, The Art of Conversation, René Magritte

The Art of Conversation

Print . 45 x 60 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 inch

£443

Print, La Grande Guerre, René Magritte

La Grande Guerre

Print . 45 x 30 cm Print . 17.7 x 11.8 inch

£345

Print, La Bataille de l'Argonne, René Magritte

La Bataille de l'Argonne

Print . 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm Print . 17.7 x 23.6 x 0 inch

£602

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Print, La Trahison des Images, René Magritte

La Trahison des Images

Print . 30 x 45 cm Print . 11.8 x 17.7 inch

£345

Print, La Grande Famille, René Magritte

La Grande Famille

Print . 45 x 30 cm Print . 17.7 x 11.8 inch

£345

Print, La Trahison des Images, René Magritte

La Trahison des Images

Print . 30 x 45 cm Print . 11.8 x 17.7 inch

£345

Print, La Grande Famille, René Magritte

La Grande Famille

Print . 45 x 30 cm Print . 17.7 x 11.8 inch

£345

Print, La Grande Famille, René Magritte

La Grande Famille

Print . 45 x 30 cm Print . 17.7 x 11.8 inch

£345

Print, La Flèche de Zénon, René Magritte

La Flèche de Zénon

Print . 30 x 45 cm Print . 11.8 x 17.7 inch

£345

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