Rene Magritte

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Rene Magritte

• November 21,1898 August 15, 1967
• Surrealist

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• Artist Name Rene Magritte
• Born November 21, 1898
• Died August 15, 1967
• County Belgium
• Medium Painting
• Artistic Style Surrealism
• Time Period WWII Era
• Known For Juxtaposition of ordinary objects
• Famous Artwork The Son of Man

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Magrittes Style

• Painted in a Surreal style.
• Consummate Technician.
• His work frequently displays a juxtaposition of
  ordinary objects.
• Fond of bowler hats and overcoats.

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Surrealism

• Implies going beyond realism, deliberately
  courted the bizarre and irrational to express
  buried truths unreachable by logic.
• A few artists along with Magritte used
  scrupulously realistic techniques to present
  hallucinatory scenes that defy common sense.

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Examples of Magrittes Surreal Art Pieces.
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Golconde
1953
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The Treachery of Images
1928
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What is Rene Magritte most famous for?
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Magritte painted it as a self-portrait. The
painting consists of a man in a suit and a bowler
hat standing in front of a small wall, beyond
which is the sea and a cloudy sky. The man's face
is largely obscured by a hovering green apple.
About the painting Magritte said, Everything
we see hides another thing, we always want to see
what is hidden by what we see, but it is
impossible. Humans hide their secrets too
well....
The Son of Man 1964