René Magritte

yes 2 brothers-Paul Magritte & Raymond Magritte

yes, as well as futurism, cubism, and abstract art

oil paint on canvas

Oil on canvas.

I am not sure how to understand your question. Magritte studied at the Royal Academy of Art in Brussels, the kind of general artistic education. After this he worked for a time commercially: designing wallpaper, for example.


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While studying at the Academy of Fine Arts, Magritte met many artists who would influence his style, amongst them were E.L.T Mesens, Pierre Flouquet, and Piérre Bourgeois. He also showed some interest in the Futurist movement, and Cubism, but it was when he discovered Giorgio De Chirico's surrealist works that he found true inspiration. It was from this inspiration that Magritte decided to make each of his painting a visual poem; a quality he found present in De Chirico's works.

It is not possible to ascribe a precise meaning to a surrealistic work of art. Magritte even made it impossible by giving titles to his paintings, which are not related to the picture.

In 1940.

The painting is fairly early on in his career as a painter, circa 1934, but Magritte is definitely a Surrealist, and it is sometimes difficult to tell his earlier work from some of the later pieces. An interesting essay on the work can be found at the link below.

Magritte himself never wanted to explain his paintings. Surrealist painters often use dreams trying to reach their subconscious level. Consequently there may not be any intelligible explanations of surrealist paintings.

It has been suggested that the covered faces are reminiscent of his mother who drowned, and whose face was covered by her clothes.

In Brussels.

He lived all his life in Brussels.

His painting was. But as a person he was not.

I would not call it an optical illusion. To me it is a trick of logic, which takes a few seconds to work out: The horse and rider are partly covered by a tree (logical). They also appear covered by a void (illogical).

Click the link below, where you will find a multitude of Magritte's paintings. Then choose your own favorite!

René Magritte had two brothers, Paul and Raymond.

Mondrian, Dalí, Escher, and dozens of others.

To me they look like violets.

Yes, they met in Paris in the 1920s.

Mainly in Brussels and a period in Paris.

Magritte was a surrealist.