Saturday, February 12, 2011

René Magritte (November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967)

                                                                                              
Golconda
1953

Magritte is the best known Surrealist next to Dalí. Of course, as you can see, he experimented masterfully in a variety of styles, such as Cubism and Fauvism. Magritte thought of his works as "visible images which conceal nothing. They evoke mystery and, indeed, when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, 'What does that mean?' It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable."

Self-Portrait
1923

The Difficult Crossing
1926

The Lovers II
1928

The Empire of Light
1954

Dizziness
1947

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