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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 leçon de musique, René Magritte

La leçon de musique

René Magritte

Print - 14.8 x 10 x 0.1 cm

$4,981

Design, La valse hesitation, 1950, René Magritte

La valse hesitation, 1950

René Magritte

Design - 45 x 60 cm

$905

Sculpture, Les menottes de cuivre, René Magritte

Les menottes de cuivre

René Magritte

Sculpture - 49 x 16 x 13 cm

$22,075

Print, Le Chef-d'Oeuvre ou les Mystères de l'Horizon, René Magritte

Le Chef-d'Oeuvre ou les Mystères de l'Horizon

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$849 $764

Print, Les valeurs personnelles, René Magritte

Les valeurs personnelles

René Magritte

Print - 58 x 78 x 0.1 cm

$1,585

Print, La Voix des Airs, René Magritte

La Voix des Airs

René Magritte

Print - 47.5 x 35.5 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, La bataille de l'Argonne, René Magritte

La bataille de l'Argonne

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, Le Printemps, René Magritte

Le Printemps

René Magritte

Print - 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm

$1,574

Print, La bataille de l'Argonne, René Magritte

La bataille de l'Argonne

René Magritte

Print - 58 x 78 x 0.1 cm

$1,472

Print, Le Dernier Cri, René Magritte

Le Dernier Cri

René Magritte

Print - 78 x 58 x 0.2 cm

$1,460

Print, Le Retour, René Magritte

Le Retour

René Magritte

Print - 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm

$1,574

Print, La Belle Captive, René Magritte

La Belle Captive

René Magritte

Print - 58 x 78 x 0.2 cm

$1,460

Print, Les Amants, René Magritte

Les Amants

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm

$792

Print, Le bouquet tout fait, René Magritte

Le bouquet tout fait

René Magritte

Print - 78 x 58 x 0.1 cm

$1,449

Print, Le bouquet tout fait, René Magritte

Le bouquet tout fait

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.2 cm

$792

Print, La Corde Sensible, René Magritte

La Corde Sensible

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm

$792

Print, Le Fils de l'Homme, René Magritte

Le Fils de l'Homme

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$1,585

Print, La Grande Guerre, René Magritte

La Grande Guerre

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, L'Art de la Conversation, René Magritte

L'Art de la Conversation

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm

$792 $713

Print, La Bataille de l'Argonne, René Magritte

La Bataille de l'Argonne

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm

$792

Print, Le Beau Monde, René Magritte

Le Beau Monde

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.3 cm

$792

Print, Le Grand Style, René Magritte

Le Grand Style

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.3 cm

$792

Print, La Durée Poignardée, René Magritte

La Durée Poignardée

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.3 cm

$792

Print, Souvenir de Voyage, René Magritte

Souvenir de Voyage

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.3 cm

$792

Print, La Flèche de Zénon, René Magritte

La Flèche de Zénon

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm

$792

Print, L'oiseau de ciel, René Magritte

L'oiseau de ciel

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$883

Print, Décalcomanie, René Magritte

Décalcomanie

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$1,019

Print, La Trahison des Images (Ceci n'est pas une pipe), René Magritte

La Trahison des Images (Ceci n'est pas une pipe)

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$792

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

Ceci n'est pas une pomme

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, Le Blanc-Seing, René Magritte

Le Blanc-Seing

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$962

Print, Golconde, René Magritte

Golconde

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$962

Print, Le Seize Septembre, René Magritte

Le Seize Septembre

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, L'Empire des Lumières, René Magritte

L'Empire des Lumières

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$1,698

Print, La Page Blanche, René Magritte

La Page Blanche

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$792

Design, Le Retour (d'après René Magritte), René Magritte

Le Retour (d'après René Magritte)

René Magritte

Design - 80.5 x 61.5 x 1.2 cm

$679

Print, La Grande Famille, René Magritte

La Grande Famille

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, La Clé des Songes, René Magritte

La Clé des Songes

René Magritte

Print - 75.5 x 56 x 0.1 cm

$1,925

Print, La nuit de Pise, René Magritte

La nuit de Pise

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, Le maître d'école, René Magritte

Le maître d'école

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$849

Print, Le Domaine d'Arnheim, René Magritte

Le Domaine d'Arnheim

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, Shéhérazade, René Magritte

Shéhérazade

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$736

Print, Le Tombeau des Lutteurs, René Magritte

Le Tombeau des Lutteurs

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$792

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

Un peu de l'âme des bandits

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, La Peine Perdue, René Magritte

La Peine Perdue

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$792

Print, Le Château des Pyrénées, René Magritte

Le Château des Pyrénées

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

$849

Print, L'empire des Lumières, René Magritte

L'empire des Lumières

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$736

Print, L'art de la conversation, René Magritte

L'art de la conversation

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.1 cm

$849

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

Un peu de l'âme des bandits

René Magritte

Sculpture - 61 x 27 x 21 cm

$21,509

Print, Le Masque Vide, René Magritte

Le Masque Vide

René Magritte

Print - 80 x 102 x 0.1 cm

$2,604

Design, Le Château des Pyrénées (d'après René Magritte), René Magritte

Le Château des Pyrénées (d'après René Magritte)

René Magritte

Design - 80.5 x 20.5 x 1.2 cm

$283

Print, La Race Blanche, René Magritte

La Race Blanche

René Magritte

Print - 78 x 58 x 0.2 cm

$1,460

Print, Le Temps Menaçant, René Magritte

Le Temps Menaçant

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm

$792

Print, Le pays des miracles, René Magritte

Le pays des miracles

René Magritte

Print - 78 x 58 x 0.1 cm

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Print, La Cascade, René Magritte

La Cascade

René Magritte

Print - 58 x 78 x 0.3 cm

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Print, La grande guerre, René Magritte

La grande guerre

René Magritte

Print - 78 x 58 x 0.1 cm

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Print, Golconde, René Magritte

Golconde

René Magritte

Print - 45 x 60 x 0.3 cm

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Print, La Victoire, René Magritte

La Victoire

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.1 cm

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Sculpture, Tête bleue, René Magritte

Tête bleue

René Magritte

Sculpture - 45 x 25 x 20 cm

Sold

Print, Untitled, René Magritte

Untitled

René Magritte

Print - 16 x 12.9 x 0.1 cm

Sold

Print, La Grande Famille, René Magritte

La Grande Famille

René Magritte

Print - 60 x 45 x 0.3 cm

Sold

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Who is the artist?

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.

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