René Magritte
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 57 years ago |
Date of birth | November 21,1898 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Lessines |
Belgium | |
Date of died | August 15,1967 |
Died | Rue Des Mimosas |
Schaerbeek | |
Belgium | |
On view | The Museum of Modern Art |
The Art Institute of Chicago | |
Museum Folkwang | |
Periods | Surrealism |
Art Deco | |
Cubism | |
Post-Impressionism | |
Modern art | |
Dada | |
Dada work | |
Parents | Léopold Magritte |
Régina Magritte | |
Period by artworks | Surrealism |
Art Deco | |
Cubism | |
Post-Impressionism | |
Modern art | |
Dada | |
Spouse | Georgette Berger |
Movies/Shows | La fidélité des images |
Magritte: Day & Night | |
Magritte | |
Works | The Son of Man |
The Lovers | |
The Treachery of Images | |
Golconda | |
Siblings | Paul Magritte |
Raymond Magritte | |
Education | Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels |
Place of burial | Communal cemetery Schaerbeek, Evere, Belgium |
Influences | André Breton |
Sigmund Freud | |
Jack Boynton | |
Downwards | Magritte: A Life |
Magritte | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 414161 |
René Magritte Life story
René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art.