Magritte used a highly illusionist painting technique to make the viewer think about the real object and the painted imitation of the object.
In his painting "The lovers", he uses realistic painting techniques and questions the sense and meaning of the work.
rene magrittes mother committed suicide in the river sambre i think the reason why she committed suicide because of depression
The son of Man was the one with the apple covering his face.
Hiss surrealistic work influenced other surrealists.
Artist René Magritte died of pancreatic cancer... he actually died of choking on purple nuggets... hie aaron and mitchell
When his mother committed suicide she pulled up from the river with her robe covering her face. As a result he always hid the faces in his paintings.
Artists choose their subjects for reasons seldom known to others.
In most museums which exhibit modern art.
In Brussels there is a René Magritte museum.
Artists choose their subjects for reasons seldom known to us.
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Magritte wrote about this painting; 'I can imagine a sunny landscape under a night sky; only a god is capable of visualizing it and conveying it through the medium of paint, however. In the expectation that I will become one, I am dropping the project...'
It takes a few reads to understand that statement, but basically he says the painting is a (cliche?) sunny landscape but how it would look at night. its part of surrealism.