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Author
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Belgian artist Rene Magritte's biography is a key element of his art. His life is infused with bizarre moments: a surreal journey oscillating between fact and fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man. The events of Magritte's childhood played an important part in creating the surrealist, but it was his popular culture borrowings from crime fiction, advertising and postcards that has made his work instantly recognizable....
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[1983]
Language
English
Description
"What does it mean to write 'this is not a pipe' across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? René Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting point for a delightful homage by French philosopher and historian Michel Foucault." --
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The first major biography for our time of René Magritte, from the celebrated biographer of Braque and Cézanne. In this stimulating life of René Magritte (1898-1967), Alex Danchev makes a case for the artist as the single most significant purveyor of images to the modern world. His surreal sensibility, his deadpan melodrama, and his fine-tuned outrageousness have all become inescapably part of our times through legendary works such as The Treachery...
Author
Publisher
Ludion
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Magritte in 400 images offers a selection of the most iconic paintings from the master Surrealist, René Magritte, along with a multitude of perhaps less well-known, but no less exciting jewels from his expansive oeuvre. The novel choice of works will surprise and delight the reader as they continue to uncover ever more facets of the celebrated painter, from his gouaches to his painted bottles and much more. Spanning seven chapters, this book brings...
14) Magritte's apple
Author
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
René Magritte wanted to paint and he found his inspiration in combining ordinary things.
17) Rene Magritte
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Describes the life and career of the twentieth-century Belgian Surrealist painter.
Author
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their qualities of uniqueness, impact, and emotional and intellectual...
