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Rene Magritte (Belgium) 1898- |  ARTIST PROFILE
Belgian surrealist painter, born in Lessines. He studied at the Acad?mie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. His first one-man exhibition was in Brussels in 1927. At that time Magritte had already begun to paint in the style, closely akin to surrealism, that was predominant throughout his long career.
A meticulous, skillful technician, he is noted for works that contain an extraordinary juxtaposition of ordinary objects or an unusual context that gives new meaning to familiar things. This juxtaposition is frequently termed magic realism, of which Magritte was the prime exponent. In addition to
fantastic elements, he displayed a mordant wit, creating surrealist versions of famous paintings, as in Madame R?camier de David (1949, private collection), in which an elaborate coffin is substituted for the reclining woman in the famous portrait by Jacques-Louis David. Magritte's work was first shown
in the United States in New York City in 1936 and again in that city in two retrospectives, one at the Museum of Modern Art in 1965 (U.S. tour, 1966), and the other at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1992.
"Magritte, Ren? Fran?ois Ghislain," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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RELATED EXHIBITIONS
 Humblebaek : After the Beginning and Before the End. 222 Drawings from Picasso to Yoko Ono
London : Major Surealist Exhibition at Tate Modern
Ocala : 20th Century Masterworks
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 | | Title: | Personal Values | | Medium: | 1952, dimensions 80?100cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Private collection | |
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 | | Title: | Perspective I | | Medium: | 1950, dimensions 60?80cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Private collection | |
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 | | Title: | The Big Family | | Medium: | 1963, dimensions 100?81cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Private collection | |
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 | | Title: | The Cicerone | | Medium: | 1947, dimensions 54?65cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Galerie Isy Brachot | |
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 | | Title: | The Companions of Fear | | Medium: | 1942, dimensions 70?92cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Private collection | |
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 | | Title: | The difficult Crossing | | Medium: | 1926, dimensions 80?65cm, Oil on canvas | | Exhibited at: | Private collection | |
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