Rene Magritte Therapeutist Essay

Rene Magritte’s The Therapeutist is an amazing piece of art. Rene used surrealism and some cubism to show that opening-up to others, and supporting them, can help set them free from their problems. This piece of artwork was completed in 1937. The painting protrays an image of a rusty metal bird cage, that is housing shelter for one white dove, and is holding up another on square wood plank on the outside of the cage door, which is sitting on a man’s lap. To add in, this man is holding a cane in his right hand and a dark leather sack in the other. The image also shows a dark orange-red blanket Draped on the cage covering the back and sides. Furthermore, there is a hat sitting at the top of the cage and on top of the draped red blanket. In addition, the Background, the bird cage is sitting on a sandy cliff at the beach, with the light …show more content…
Rene painted this portion of the picture very delacutyly to represent a felt blank draping over the rusty metal cage as the breeze slightly forms the blanket around sides of the cage. To add in, the image of the red blanket helps support my thesis that “Opening-up to others, and supporting them, can help set them free from their problems.” Because, the red flowy felt blanket represents someone who is hiding or trying to cover up their feelings. Another way to put this example, is that the blanket represents a cover, like a tarp, which in this case the cage represents the holding cell of the feelings. In this piece, the blanket has many bumps and divots, as it drapes over the bird cage, which is holding one white dove. The dark shadows in between the divots in the blanket draw our eyes up the large thin blanket, which creates movement in the painting. To add, it draws the viewer’s eyes straight to the felt boater hat, which is located on the very top of the cage. Altogether, the form of the red blanket adds a center balance to the