Magritte

Rene Magritte was undoubtedly one of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century. He helped shape the visual language of Surrealism through rendering the most commonplace things as strange by placing them in uncanny scenes and circumstances. Classically trained, Magritte utilized the conventions of painting to subvert representation and highlight the oddness surrounding his recognizable images. There is a wonderful tension between his transparent technique and his opaque subject matter…

Rene Magritte was one of the leading artists of Surrealism. Here are his 10 most famous paintings including his surrealist masterpieces.

This surrealistic painting shows two men in black suits floating over a landscape showing a sky covered in grey clouds, empty road and distant mountains. The men are, in fact, the elements of the picture that the viewer would probably notice first, not only because of their strange situation in the space but also because of the dark colors used to paint their suits, contrasting the soft grayish tone of the clouds and the foggy blue hue of the mountains below the scene. It is a very…

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The exhibition The Magritte Machine at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza is the first retrospective on René Magritte (1898-1967) to be held in Madrid since the event organised by the Fundación Juan March in 1989.

René Magritte (1898–1967) was one of the most intriguing painters associated with Surrealism, but he did not fully find his voice until after breaking ties with the movement. This exhibition, the first to look exclusively at Magritte’s late career, examines his most important bodies of work from the 1940s through the 1960s, and shows how […]

Cat in Hat Rene Magritte