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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.

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Print, Décalcomanie, René Magritte

Décalcomanie

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

€390

Print, Souvenir de Voyage, René Magritte

Souvenir de Voyage

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

€390

Print, La Peine Perdue, René Magritte

La Peine Perdue

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

€390

Print, L´Empire des Lumières, René Magritte

L´Empire des Lumières

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

€390

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

€390

Print, La Corde Sensible, René Magritte

La Corde Sensible

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

€390

Print, Le Faux Miroir, René Magritte

Le Faux Miroir

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

€390

Print, L'entrée en scène, René Magritte

L'entrée en scène

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

€680

Print, La Page Blanche, René Magritte

La Page Blanche

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

€680

Print, Shéhérazade, René Magritte

Shéhérazade

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

€600

Print, Décalcomanie, René Magritte

Décalcomanie

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

€700

Print, La Grande Guerre, René Magritte

La Grande Guerre

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

€680

Print, La Grande Famille, René Magritte

La Grande Famille

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

€680

Print, Le bouquet tout fait, René Magritte

Le bouquet tout fait

Print . 45 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print . 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

€390

Print, La flèche de Zénon, René Magritte

La flèche de Zénon

Print . 30 x 45 x 0.2 cm Print . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

€390

Print, La Clé des Songes, René Magritte

La Clé des Songes

Print . 75.5 x 56 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.7 x 22 x 0 inch

€2,000

Print, La Corde Sensible, René Magritte

La Corde Sensible

Print . 30 x 45 x 0.2 cm Print . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

€390

Print, Le Masque Vide, René Magritte

Le Masque Vide

Print . 80 x 102 x 0.1 cm Print . 31.5 x 40.2 x 0 inch

€2,800

Print, Le bouquet tout fait, René Magritte

Le bouquet tout fait

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

€700

Print, Le Beau Monde, René Magritte

Le Beau Monde

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

€700

Print, La Reconnaissance infinie, René Magritte

La Reconnaissance infinie

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

€700

Print, Souvenirs de voyage, René Magritte

Souvenirs de voyage

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

€650

Print, L'art de la conversation, René Magritte

L'art de la conversation

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

€680

Print, La Race Blanche, René Magritte

La Race Blanche

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

€1,290

Print, Black Magic, René Magritte

Black Magic

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

€499

Print, L'Oeil, René Magritte

L'Oeil

Print . 26.3 x 20 x 0.3 cm Print . 10.4 x 7.9 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Le viol, René Magritte

Le viol

Print . 28 x 21 cm Print . 11 x 8.3 inch

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Print, Untitled, René Magritte

Untitled

Print . 16 x 12.9 x 0.1 cm Print . 6.3 x 5.1 x 0 inch

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Print, La Magie Noire, René Magritte

La Magie Noire

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

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Print, La grande famille, René Magritte

La grande famille

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

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Print, Le Fils de l'Homme, René Magritte

Le Fils de l'Homme

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

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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

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Print, La Voix du Sang, René Magritte

La Voix du Sang

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

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Print, Le Château des Pyrénées, René Magritte

Le Château des Pyrénées

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

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Print, La corde sensible, René Magritte

La corde sensible

Print . 30 x 45 x 0.2 cm Print . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Décalcomanie, René Magritte

Décalcomanie

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

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Print, Les Amants, René Magritte

Les Amants

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

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Print, Golconde, René Magritte

Golconde

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

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Print, Le Fils de l'Homme, René Magritte

Le Fils de l'Homme

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

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Print, La Trahison des Images, René Magritte

La Trahison des Images

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

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Print, La Belle Captive, René Magritte

La Belle Captive

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

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Print, La Trahison des Images, René Magritte

La Trahison des Images

Print . 30 x 45 x 0.3 cm Print . 11.8 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Le Seize Septembre, René Magritte

Le Seize Septembre

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

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Print, Le Plagiat, René Magritte

Le Plagiat

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

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

Ceci n'est pas une pomme

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

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Print, La Grande Famille, René Magritte

La Grande Famille

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

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Print, La Reconnaissance Infini, René Magritte

La Reconnaissance Infini

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

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Print, Le Domaine d'Arnheim, René Magritte

Le Domaine d'Arnheim

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

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Print, Le temps menacant, René Magritte

Le temps menacant

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

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Print, La Grande Famille, René Magritte

La Grande Famille

Print . 45 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print . 17.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

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Print, L'Entrée en scène, René Magritte

L'Entrée en scène

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

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Print, Le Blanc-Seing, René Magritte

Le Blanc-Seing

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

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Print, La Victoire (1), René Magritte

La Victoire (1)

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

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Print, Le bouquet tout fait, René Magritte

Le bouquet tout fait

Print . 60 x 45 x 0.2 cm Print . 23.6 x 17.7 x 0.1 inch

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