René Magritte

Rene Magritte Artist: Rene Magritte is a world renowned Surrealist artist, known for his strange yet witty artworks designed to make the audience think. He was born on the 21st of November 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on the 15th of August, 1967. It was in 1915, as a seventeen year old, when Magritte first began his career in art. He began studying at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Brussels where, despite the lack of attendance, he was introduced to art concepts such as Futurism, Cubism and Purism. It can be observed in many of his works the influence of these concepts particularly some of his earlier pieces. After studying, he served in the military for a period at the end of World War One, after which he became a free-hand poster…

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…

Rene Magritte Throughout the history of art, we as intellectuals have always searched for meaning behind the piece that has been created. While some artists convey a deep true meaning, there are others who dabble in the world or surrealism. Surrealism was a cultural movement that began in the early 1920’s, and aimed at expressing imaginative dreams and visions free from the conscious rational control (Dictonary.com). The purpose of surrealism was to resolve the previously contradictory…

René Magritte is a surrealist artist who has produced a reputation for his “clever and intriguing imagery” using basic designs and ordinary symbolism. Maybe viewers for the most part got caught by his The Son of Man painting, but may not know the painter by name. Rather would recognize the iconic painting and the repetitive topic and theme in another depiction by this artist. There's considerably more to know about Magritte and how the painting fits into his works as a whole. René François…

Grace Lenthe 1 Grace Lenthe Professor Kigerl HUM 1001 9-6-16 Essay Paper 1 Painting Les valeurs personnelles: René Magritte Les valeurs personnelles (Personal Values) (80.01 cm x 100.01 cm) Oil Painting By René Magritte, 1952 Les valeurs personnelles is one of many paintings by Rene Magritte that challenges human views of reality by making ordinary objects become realistic and human-like. Magritte portrays a full room of everyday objects that are painted way out of proportion. He uses…

can take form into many shapes with each artists painting in their own unique way. Most painters paint in order to express emotion or draw out sense of desire and wonder for the viewer at hand. Rene Magritte is beyond extraordinary in the sense that he cares not of a ‘deeper meaning’ but instead cares of a ‘deeper mystery’. While his signature paintings focus around his idea that there is more to the eye than what can be seen, he holds a firm grasp on making people question his work whether it…

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…

The Therapeusist Rene Magritte’s piece of art called The Therapeutist. This piece of art work was completed in 1937. To add in this artwork was created in the period of surrealism. The painting show an image of a rusty metal bird cage with a square wood plank on the outside of the cage door. The image also shows a dark orange-red blanket covering the back and sides of the cage, and a hat topping of the cage. Also the setting of the art work looks to be at the beach, with light blue…

Influences or inspirations and techniques of Rene Magritte. My research for this group presentation involves studying the influences that ultimately inspired Rene Magritte's work and what techniques he would use when painting. One of the major concepts behind his work was the appeal of the human unconscious and Magritte often portrayed works where the subject would blur the lines between the rational and irrational. Magritte's work is quite realistic and illustrative and this technique allows…

The artwork I have selected to analyze is Golconda painted by the Belgian surrealist Rene Magritte. Golconda is a painting painted on an oil canvas with the dimensions of 31 1/2 × 39 1/2 in. (80 × 100.3 cm). Golconda depicts of similar men dressed in dark black trench coats who accessorize it with bowler hats. The unusually placed men are floating weightlessly horizontally and vertically on an invisible ground that keeps them aligned. The first element used in Golconda is color which creates an…