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When was Empire of Light painted?
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The Empire of Light is a series of paintings by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte. Although he didn’t plan them as a formal series, Magritte explored this theme in more than 20 paintings from the 1940s to the 1960s. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of expertly-vetted René Magritte pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers.
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Ennio Finzi (born 1931, Venice) Transcromatic Abstract Composition. Year 1978
Located in Firenze, IT
in the exhibition "Themes and Variations. The Empire of Light" at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
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Il Mondo Che Non Vedo 213 – Italy, 2018, C-Type photograph mounted on Dibond
By Fabiano Parisi
Located in London, GB
two ongoing series: The Empire of Light and Il Mondo Che Non Vedo (The World I Do Not See). The latter
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
C Print
(no title) from The Structure of Things Part 1
By Biff Henrich
Located in Buffalo, NY
images as well as a surreal quality thanks to the quality of light, reminiscent of Magritte’s “Empire of
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Inkjet, Archival Pigment