The Lovers I And Two Rene Magritte Analysis

As stated by the famous surrealist artist, Rene Magritte, “Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see”. Majority of his paintings were done during the surrealism movement. This movement began in the 20th century and it allowed artists and writers to tap into the unconscious minds of individuals through their creative works. Rene Magritte used common everyday objects in his paintings and transformed them into cryptic and thought provoking images by using veils, colors, and proper placement of objects and people. In order to understand the meaning behind Magritte’s paintings, one must understand the artist. At the ripe age of fourteen, Rene Magritte was forced to deal with the death of his mother. She committed suicide and her body was found in a nearby river. Magritte watched as he body was carried out from the waters with a cloth covering her face. In his famous paintings The Lovers I and II, the characters faces are covered in cloth. When his artwork is viewed without the knowledge of events in his life such as this, then the artwork has a very narrow …show more content…
It displays a man in a suit with a loose veil that covers his face and neck. The woman is wearing a dull red colored v-neck blouse. The woman is standing in front of the man and he is hunched over and leaning close to her to the point where their faces touch. He almost looks as if he is is the one wanting this relationship to develop into something greater and he is the one really trying. The couple is also standing outside in this painting, which symbolizes a new relationship. They are open and the relationship is innocent. This painting is the first in The Lovers series, which can be translated to as the artist wanting to tell a story of how a couples relationship evolves and changes. The most important element in understanding this painting is to interpret the meaning of the colors the artist