René Magritte
René Magritte, born in Belgium in November 1898, was one of the leading lights of the Surrealist art movement. He died in August 1967.[1]
The Treachery Of Images (La trahison des images), a series of paintings, (1928–1929) are probably his most famous paintings. The picture at right is more commonly known as 'Ceci n'est pas une pipe' or 'This is not a pipe'.
The viewer is encouraged to consider the distinction between reality and the representation of reality.
A common figure appearing in many of his paintings is a faceless, non-descript man in a suit wearing a black bowler hat. Frequently this figure would appear multiple times in the same painting--a metaphor for the normalizing power of modern existence and the doldrums of social constructs such as "the workday."
Perspicacity.
The Human Condition.
Hegel's Holiday.
See also
External links
- René Magritte - Biography Olga's Gallery.
