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This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Magritte” in the lower right margin. It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 17, at the lower left margin. Th...

René Magritte Décalcomanie Skateboard Decks, 2018 7-ply Canadian Maplewood with screen-print (Set of 2) 31 1/2 × 8 in 80 × 40.3 cm Edition of 250 Part of a limited edition set Inclu...

René Magritte Le Retour Skateboard Decks, 2018 7-ply Canadian Maplewood with screen-print (Set of 3) 31 × 23 3/5 in 78.7 × 60 cm Edition of 250 Part of a limited edition set Include...

"La Reconnaissance Infinie (The Infinite Recognition)" is a color lithograph after the 1963 painting by Rene Magritte. Two of Magritte's bourgeois "littl...

Rene Magritte Le fils de l'homme, 2018 7-Ply Grade A Canadian Maplewood 31 × 8 inches Edition 35/250 Authorized artist's signature on the deck; hand numbered. along with separate hand signed COA by The Skateroom...

Artist: René Magritte Medium: Lithograph, Ed of 150, 1950 Dimensions: 28.25 x 22.25 in, 71.8 x 56.5 cm This original surrealist lithograph was printed from an edition on 150 at t...

René Magritte L'Empire des Lumières, 2018 Screenprint on maple wood 31 1/2 × 7 9/10 × 3/10 in | 80 × 20 × 0.7 cm Edition of 250

"La Peine Perdue (Wasted Effort)" (sky Bird) is a limited edition 74/275 fine art lithograph of Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte on BFK Rives hand-made paper. It depicts in h...

This etching and aquatint is hand signed by the artist “Magritte” in the lower right margin. It is also numbered in pencil from the edition of 77, at the lower left margin. This wo...

Twins Entwined, 1991: Photographed by Ron Baxter Smith. Identical Twins, Mark and Ian, shot together in a studio portrait. Shot with 4 x 5 Polaroid Type 55 Positive/Negative; Sinar &...

Roses 2018 No.5867, Acqualoreto, Umbria, Italy Limited Edition 19" x 26" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border ( Image size 17" x 24") printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an...

Magritte's original poster for the 1965 Salon de Mai is an iconic piece of art that reflects the ingenuity and surrealist aesthetic of renowned Belgian artist René Magritte. Created ...

Roses 2018 No.5701 Vers. 2, Acqualoreto, Umbria, Italy. Limited Edition 19" x 26" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border ( Image size 17" x 24") printed on Hahnemuhle Photo ...

Roses 2018 No.5509, Acqualoreto, Umbria, Italy. Limited Edition 19" x 26" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border ( Image size 17" x 24") printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in a...

Roses 2018 No.3197, Acqualoreto, Umbria, Italy. Limited Edition 19" x 26" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border ( Image size 17" x 24") printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in a...

Roses 2018 No.5701, Acqualoreto, Umbria, Italy. Limited Edition 19" x 26" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border ( Image size 17" x 24") printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in a...

Roses 2018 No.3173, Acqualoreto, Umbria, Italy. Limited Edition 19" x 26" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border ( Image size 17" x 24") printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in a...

Roses 2018 No.3164, Acqualoreto, Umbria, Italy. Limited Edition 19" x 26" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border ( Image size 17" x 24") printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in a...

Ordine 2023.03.20 Vers. 1 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage. 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition ...

"Every Day" is a limited edition (31/100) fine art lithograph from Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte's work of the same name. It depicts in his typical surrealist style a mou...

Ordine 12.22 Vers. 1 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage. 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition of 3 ...

Ordine 12.31 Vers. 1 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage. 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition of 3 ...

Yabu / Pushelberg Home - B+W Nude in Nub. 2003 ______________________________________________________________________________ Archival Pigment Print. 22 x 30 in. – Edition of 5 with...

"Le Retour (Return)" is a color lithograph after the original 1940 painting by Rene Magritte. A bird which is really just the sky in the day and clouds. A nest bellow the bird has th...

René MAGRITTE Les bijoux indiscrets (Indiscrete jewels), 1975 Original lithograph (Printed in Mourlot Workshop) Printed signature in the plate Unnumbered as usual (limited edition o...

Untitled is an artwork realized by René Magritte, in 1968. Etching in black and white. Illustration for the volume "Le Lien de Paille", by Louis Scutenaire. Stamp Signed lower ri...

"Le Bouquet tout fait (The Ready-made Bouquet)" is a color lithograph after a 1954 original painting by Rene Magritte. A bourgeois "little man" faces away from the viewer looking towards a fall forest. Flora, the goddess of flowers and season of spring, from Sandro Botticelli's "Primavera" is painted on the back of the man. This juxtaposes fall and spring. Art: 12 x 9.75 in Frame: 22.38 x 20.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed a contract with the Brussels Art Gallery, which allowed him to quit his other jobs and focus completely on creating art. A year later he had his first solo show at the Galerie la Centaurie in Brussels. At this show Magritte exhibited what is today thought of as his first surrealist piece, The Lost Jockey, painted in 1926. In this work a jockey and his steed run across a theater stage, curtains parted on either side. Throughout the scene, there are trees with trunks shaped somewhat like chess pawns with musical scores running vertically up their sides and branches sticking out from all angles. Critics did not enjoy this style of art; it was new, different, and took critical thought to understand, but The Lost Jockey was only the first of many surrealist artworks Magritte would paint. Because of the bad press in Brussels, René and Georgette moved to Paris in 1927, with the hope that this center of avant-garde art would bring him success and recognition. In Paris, he was able to become friends with many other surrealists, including André Breton and Paul Éluard. They were able to learn from and inspire one another, pushing the Surrealist movement further forward. It was also in Paris that Magritte decided to add text to some of his pieces, which was one of the elements that made his artwork stand out. In 1929, he painted one of his most famous oil works: The Treachery of Images. This is the eye-catching piece centered on a pipe. Below the pipe is written “Ceci n’est pas un pipe,” which translates to “This is not a pipe.” This simple sentence upset many critics of the time, for of course it was a pipe. Magritte replied that it was not a pipe, but a representation of a pipe. One could not use this oil on canvas as a pipe, to fill it with tobacco and smoke it. Thus, it was not a pipe. In 1930, Magritte and Georgette moved back to Brussels. Though they would travel to his exhibitions elsewhere, their home going forward would always be in Brussels. Magritte had his first American exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City in 1936 and his first show in England two years later in 1938 at The London...

C_NC_5393 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage Still Life 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition of 3 w...

Les Chants de Maldoror is an original modern rare book written by Comte de Lautréamont, pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (Montevideo, 1846 — Paris, 1870) and illustrated by René ...

Corso NC_55 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage Still Life 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition of 3...

Corso NC_23 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage Still Life 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition of ...

C 2021_8608 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage Still Life 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition of 3 ...

Corso_NC 22 No. 3b Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage Still Life 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Editi...

NC_22_4965 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage Still Life 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition of 3...

Corso NC_57 No. 1 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage Still Life 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition...

C 2021_8452 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage Still Life 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition of 3...

C_21 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage Still Life 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition of 3 with ...

Corso NC_51 Limited Edition Archival Pigment Print of Collage Still Life 40" x 30" Giclee photographic print with 1” white border. Printed on Hahnemuhle Photo Rag in an Edition of 3...

"La Grande Guerre (The Great War)" is a color lithograph after the 1964 painting by Rene Magritte. A Victorian lady stands in white facing the viewer. A bouq...

"L'Entree en scene (The Emergence)" is a color lithograph after a 1961 original piece by Rene Magritte. A transparent bird flies over the ocean. The body of this bird shows through it a clean light sky with fluffy clouds. The view around the bird is instead the dark night, stars shine at the top of the scene. Clouds blow by and the waves are turbulent. Art: 12.13 x 9.75 in Frame: 22.75 x 20.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed a contract with the Brussels Art Gallery, which allowed him to quit his other jobs and focus completely on creating art. A year later he had his first solo show at the Galerie la Centaurie in Brussels. At this show Magritte exhibited what is today thought of as his first surrealist piece, The Lost Jockey, painted in 1926. In this work a jockey and his steed run across a theater stage, curtains parted on either side. Throughout the scene, there are trees with trunks shaped somewhat like chess pawns with musical scores running vertically up their sides and branches sticking out from all angles. Critics did not enjoy this style of art; it was new, different, and took critical thought to understand, but The Lost Jockey was only the first of many surrealist artworks Magritte would paint. Because of the bad press in Brussels, René and Georgette moved to Paris in 1927, with the hope that this center of avant-garde art would bring him success and recognition. In Paris, he was able to become friends with many other surrealists, including André Breton and Paul Éluard. They were able to learn from and inspire one another, pushing the Surrealist movement further forward. It was also in Paris that Magritte decided to add text to some of his pieces, which was one of the elements that made his artwork stand out. In 1929, he painted one of his most famous oil works: The Treachery of Images. This is the eye-catching piece centered on a pipe. Below the pipe is written “Ceci n’est pas un pipe,” which translates to “This is not a pipe.” This simple sentence upset many critics of the time, for of course it was a pipe. Magritte replied that it was not a pipe, but a representation of a pipe. One could not use this oil on canvas as a pipe, to fill it with tobacco and smoke it. Thus, it was not a pipe. In 1930, Magritte and Georgette moved back to Brussels. Though they would travel to his exhibitions elsewhere, their home going forward would always be in Brussels. Magritte had his first American exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City in 1936 and his first show in England two years later in 1938 at The London Gallery...

"L'Entree en scene (The Emergence)" is a color lithograph after a 1961 original piece by Rene Magritte. A transparent bird flies over the ocean. The body of this bird shows through it a clean light sky with fluffy clouds. The view around the bird is instead the dark night, stars shine at the top of the scene. Clouds blow by and the waves are turbulent. Art: 20.25 x 14.25 in Frame: 31.38 x 25.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed a contract with the Brussels Art Gallery, which allowed him to quit his other jobs and focus completely on creating art. A year later he had his first solo show at the Galerie la Centaurie in Brussels. At this show Magritte exhibited what is today thought of as his first surrealist piece, The Lost Jockey, painted in 1926. In this work a jockey and his steed run across a theater stage, curtains parted on either side. Throughout the scene, there are trees with trunks shaped somewhat like chess pawns with musical scores running vertically up their sides and branches sticking out from all angles. Critics did not enjoy this style of art; it was new, different, and took critical thought to understand, but The Lost Jockey was only the first of many surrealist artworks Magritte would paint. Because of the bad press in Brussels, René and Georgette moved to Paris in 1927, with the hope that this center of avant-garde art would bring him success and recognition. In Paris, he was able to become friends with many other surrealists, including André Breton and Paul Éluard. They were able to learn from and inspire one another, pushing the Surrealist movement further forward. It was also in Paris that Magritte decided to add text to some of his pieces, which was one of the elements that made his artwork stand out. In 1929, he painted one of his most famous oil works: The Treachery of Images. This is the eye-catching piece centered on a pipe. Below the pipe is written “Ceci n’est pas un pipe,” which translates to “This is not a pipe.” This simple sentence upset many critics of the time, for of course it was a pipe. Magritte replied that it was not a pipe, but a representation of a pipe. One could not use this oil on canvas as a pipe, to fill it with tobacco and smoke it. Thus, it was not a pipe. In 1930, Magritte and Georgette moved back to Brussels. Though they would travel to his exhibitions elsewhere, their home going forward would always be in Brussels. Magritte had his first American exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City in 1936 and his first show in England two years later in 1938 at The London Gallery...

"La Reconnaissance Infinie (The Infinite Recognition)" is a color lithograph after the 1963 painting by Rene Magritte. Two of Magritte's bourgeois "little men" stand in the sky. Both look away from the viewer talking to each other in the typical outfit of Magritte's men, black trench coats and bowler hats. Art: 15 x 18.25 in Frame: 26.25 x 29.88 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed a contract with the Brussels Art Gallery, which allowed him to quit his other jobs and focus completely on creating art. A year later he had his first solo show at the Galerie la Centaurie in Brussels. At this show Magritte exhibited what is today thought of as his first surrealist piece, The Lost Jockey, painted in 1926. In this work a jockey and his steed run across a theater stage, curtains parted on either side. Throughout the scene, there are trees with trunks shaped somewhat like chess pawns with musical scores running vertically up their sides and branches sticking out from all angles. Critics did not enjoy this style of art; it was new, different, and took critical thought to understand, but The Lost Jockey was only the first of many surrealist artworks Magritte would paint. Because of the bad press in Brussels, René and Georgette moved to Paris in 1927, with the hope that this center of avant-garde art would bring him success and recognition. In Paris, he was able to become friends with many other surrealists, including André Breton and Paul Éluard. They were able to learn from and inspire one another, pushing the Surrealist movement further forward. It was also in Paris that Magritte decided to add text to some of his pieces, which was one of the elements that made his artwork stand out. In 1929, he painted one of his most famous oil works: The Treachery of Images. This is the eye-catching piece centered on a pipe. Below the pipe is written “Ceci n’est pas un pipe,” which translates to “This is not a pipe.” This simple sentence upset many critics of the time, for of course it was a pipe. Magritte replied that it was not a pipe, but a representation of a pipe. One could not use this oil on canvas as a pipe, to fill it with tobacco and smoke it. Thus, it was not a pipe. In 1930, Magritte and Georgette moved back to Brussels. Though they would travel to his exhibitions elsewhere, their home going forward would always be in Brussels. Magritte had his first American exhibition at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York City in 1936 and his first show in England two years later in 1938 at The London Gallery...

Les Bijoux Indiscrets (The Indiscreet Jewels) Color lithograph, 1962-3 As published in XXeme Siecle, 1963 From the edition issued by San Lazarro unsigned for the album XXeme Siècle No.22. Printed from the same stones and at the same date as the signed edition of 75 impressions. Printed at the studio of Mourlot, Paris 1963. Signed in the stone (see photo) Titled in the stone (See photo) Edition c. 2000 Reference: Kaplan and Baum: Magritte Graphic Work no 3. Kaplan, Surrealist Prints, Figure 80, page 103 Image size: 9 3/16 x 11 7/8 inches "Executed in 1963, Les bijoux indiscrets (pen and ink drawing) is a work which shows a hand which has a face, its eyes closed, on its wrist. Magritte had originally intended to call the oil version of this work, which he conceived of in 1962 but only finally painted during the following year, the same this work on paper was created, La divine comédie, but according to the catalogue raisonné changed his mind following the suggestion of his friend Paul Scutenaire. Instead of the Dante reference, it was replaced by one to Denis Diderot's first novel, a satire in which a monarch had a magic ring able to make the genitals of women speak. In an old English translation, the bijoux were the 'toys', or genitals, of the women, making the play on the notion of transformative and elusive jewels evoked by Magritte's picture all the more complex. For here, in place of a bracelet, is a human face: this is, indeed, an indiscreet jewel; however, in the eighteenth-century novel the indiscretion was shared by the ring which was able to gain such voluble responses from the women of the fictitious Congo of which the main protagonist was sultan and by those women's no-longer-private parts themselves. This title therefore adds an extra layer of Surrealism to the work, paying homage to one of the movement's predecessors. Les bijoux indiscrets is a preparatory work for a lithograph that Magritte created for XXe Siècle, which was published at Christmas the same year. Clearly, the artist was returning to and embellishing his original composition, which had shown a simple landscape as a backdrop to the articulate hand...

"La Bataille de l'Argonne (The Battle of Argonne)" is a color lithograph after the original 1959 painting by Rene Magritte. The landscape is shrouded by ...

Very nice poster of René Magritte entitled Les Fleurs du Mal published by the collection of the Jardin de l'Infante. René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist, ...

This color lithograph printed in 2011, Magie noire (Black Magic), by the Surrealist artist, René Magritte, is number 16 in an edition of 275. Facsimile sig...

Black and white photographic painting of Georgette and René Magritte, an autonomous work that treating the theme of the "hidden-invisible". Photography Silver gelatin print from est...

Perforated Nude, 1991. Archival Pigment Print. 30 x 40 in. – Edition of 5. _________________________________________________________________________________ Signed, Dated and Numbere...

Paper Size: 8.5 x 1 inches ( 21.59 x 2.54 cm ) Image Size: 8.5 x 1 inches ( 21.59 x 2.54 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: This watch was produced by the ...

Y/P Nude Tub, Toronto, 2003. Archival Pigment Print. 24 x 30 in. – Edition of 7 with 3 A/P. _________________________________________________________________________________ Signed, ...

Purple Popsicle, 1991. Archival Pigment Print. 40 x 60 in. – Edition of 3 with 2 A/P. _________________________________________________________________________________ Signed, Dated ...

Les Chants de Maldoror is an original modern rare book written by Comte de Lautréamont, pseudonym of Isidore Lucien Ducasse (Montevideo, 1846 — ...

Original silver gelatin print, hand printed by the artist in 1975. Edition of 3 . This is the second of 3 prints.

"La Page Blanche," or in English "The White Page," is an original color lithograph executed after the original painting from 1967 by the Belgian Surrealist...

Paper Size: 14 x 20 inches ( 35.56 x 50.8 cm ) Image Size: 11.75 x 17.75 inches ( 29.845 x 45.085 cm ) Framed: Yes Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: Signed by Fernand Mour...

"La Fleche de Zenon (Zeno's Arrow)" is a color lithograph after the original 1964 painting by Rene Magritte. A gigantic rock levitates over the sea. Waves crash bellow and a crescent moon hangs above. Art: 9.75 x 11.75 in Frame: 20.38 x 22.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed...

"La race blanche (The White Race)" is a color lithograph after the original 1937 painting by Rene Magritte. A female figure is made out of a mix of body parts. An eye sits on top of an ear, which is on top of a mouth, then two noses. Two breasts lying on a stomach; two arms come from the breasts. Legs are tucked under the stomach. This figure is on a sand dune next to the ocean. Art: 26.5 x 19.63 in Frame: 40.88 x 33.88 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed...

"La Peine Perdue (The Wasted Effort)" is a color lithograph after original 1962 painting by Rene Magritte. Two blue curtains are parted on either side. Two curtain shaped mirrors show a sky and clouds. A ball sits right to the left of the mirrors. Art: 12 x 9.75 in Frame: 22.75 x 20.38 in René-François-Ghislain Magritte was born November 21, 1898, in Lessines, Belgium and died on August 15, 1967 in Brussels. He is one of the most important surrealist artists. Through his art, Magritte creates humor and mystery with juxtapositions and shocking irregularities. Some of his hallmark motifs include the bourgeois “little man,” bowler hats, apples, hidden faces, and contradictory texts. René Magritte’s father was a tailor and his mother was a miller. Tragedy struck Magritte’s life when his mother committed suicide when he was only fourteen. Magritte and his two brothers were thereafter raised by their grandmother. Magritte studied at the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916 to 1918. After graduating he worked as a wallpaper designer and in advertisement. It was during this period that he married Georgette Berger, whom he had known since they were teenagers. In 1926, René Magritte signed...