René François Ghislain Magritte (French: ; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) wis a Belgian surrealist airtist.
He acame weel kent for a nummer o witty an thocht-provokin eemages. Eften depictin ordinar objects in an unuisual context, his wark is kent for challengin observers' precondeetioned perceptions o reality. His eemagery has influenced pop, minimalist an conceptual airt.
René Magritte | |
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Portrait o Magritte in front o his pentin The Pilgrim, taken bi Lothar Wolleh in 1967 | |
Born | René François Ghislain Magritte 21 November 1898 Lessines, Belgium |
Dee'd | 15 August 1967 Brussels, Belgium | (aged 68)
Naitionality | Belgian |
Kent for | Penter |
Notable wirk(s) | The Treachery of Images On the Threshold of Liberty The Son of Man The Human Condition Elective Affinities The Portrait Golconda The Menaced Assassin |
Muivement | Surrealism |
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