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Magritte, René Francois Ghislain (1898-1967), Belgian surrealist painter, born in Lessines. In addition to fantastic elements, he displayed a mordant wit, creating surrealist versions of famous paintings. "I have a great idea (not earth shattering) about the naive question, 'What does this picture represent?' My idea is that the questioner sees what it represents, but he wonders what represents the picture, and faced with the difficulty of figuring it out from this direction, he finds it easier and more fitting to ask what the picture 'represents.' What represents the picture are our ideas and feelings--in short, whoever is looking at the picture is representing what he sees. This idea is not, some say, within the realm of knowledge, so it won't help me prtect myself when the occasion arises." Excerpt from Magritte's letter to Paul Colinet, 1957 |
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Magritte Home Page This site presents nearly 300 paintings by the famous Belgian surrealist artist Rene Magritte and one hundred more will be offered soon. Click on thumbnails to view medium-sized JPG-images (7-15 K). Currently browsing is a bit difficult, since all titles are listed only in French. But an English index is coming soon as well as historical background material and information about each painting |
Paintings by Rene Magritte Almost 20 paintings |
FTP server: Rene Magritte almost 30 paintings on a FTP-server, no description or text |
Magritte I.S. A site featuring Rene Magritte's "La Reproduction Interdite", some comments and quotations (by Magritte) |
Rene Magritte six images by Magritte |
Magritte Paintings, images from: Magritte Home Page |
Rene Magritte nine images and some short background information |
Rene Magritte - Fine Art Prints, Posters and Photographies site selling reproductions, approximately twenty images |
Brown: Magritte site with art-historical and biographical information and a chronology, a gallery with painting is announced. Since there is no link, try this URL: Gallery with 5 images and interpretations |
Mark Harden's Artchive: Magritte nine paintings by Magritte |
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