René Magritte Art

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 N...

René Magritte Le Trahison des Images: Ceci N'Est Pas Une Pipe, 2010 (posthumous) Lithograph on Arches BFK Rives paper Plate signed by Magritte and numbered HC (Hors Commerce), 1 of 1...

"Le Dernier Cri (The Last Word)" is a color lithograph after original 1967 painting by Rene Magritte. A huge leaf levitates in the middle of a mountain view. ...

Rene Magritte Décalcomanie, 2018 2 Skateboards made of 7-Ply Grade A Canadian Maplewood 31 × 8 inches Edition 22/250 Authorized artist's signature on the deck; hand numbered. along with separate hand signed COA by The Skateroom and gallery EDITION OF 250 PRODUCED AND NUMBERED BY THE SKATEROOM IN 2018 HAND SIGNED COA BY THE SKATEROOM © SUCCESSION RENÉ MAGRITTE – SABAM, BELGIUM - 2018 ART SET OF 2 SKATEBOARDS EACH DECK MEASURES APPROX. 31X8IN (80X20CM) MADE OF 7 PLY GRADE A CANADIAN MAPLE WOOD TOP-PRINT INCLUDES PRINTED SIGNATURE OF THE ARTIST Rene Magritte biography Clouds, pipes, bowler hats, and green apples: these remain some of the most immediately recognizable icons of René Magritte, the Belgian painter and well-known Surrealist. He produced a body of work that rendered such commonplace things strange, slotting them into unfamiliar or uncanny scenes, or deliberately mislabeling them in order to “make the most everyday objects shriek aloud.”1 With his pictorial and linguistic puzzles, Magritte made the familiar disturbing and strange, posing questions about the nature of representation and reality. Magritte began his career as a graphic artist and quasi-abstract painter, but his work underwent a transformation in 1926, when he began to reinvent himself as a figurative artist. A key canvas in this project was The Menaced Assassin, his largest and most densely populated painting to date. Completed in 1927 and included in the artist’s first solo exhibition, at the Galerie Le Centaure in Brussels, it helped launch his career as a Surrealist painter whose interest in severing the links between surface and essence would remain a constant. Painted in the deadpan style that would become his hallmark, each figure appears as though in a state of suspended animation: a naked female corpse with blood at the mouth lies on a red chaise...

"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...

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 ...

"Paysage de Baucis" is one of the most famous motifs from Magritte's very small printmaking oeuvre. Sheet: 38,1 x 28,2 cm Print: 22,5 x 16,8 cm copy H.C. complete edition of 145

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...

"L'Oiseau du Ciel" (sky Bird) is an limited edition 100 fine art lithograph of Belgian surrealist artist René Magritte on Arches Velin. It depicts in his typical surrealist style hi...

"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...

"Souvenir de voyage (Memory of a Journey)" is a color lithograph after the original 1961 painting by Rene Magritte. A perplexing composition containing a giant green apple standing on a beach surrounded by rocks and the sea, all backlit by a two-toned sunset. A blue masquerade mask adorns the apple with narrow eyes. The anthropomorphized fruit appears to be watching very closely over the viewer. Artworks entirely made in France: from the production of the paper in Arches in the Vosges department to the traditional lithographic printing process, one drawing for each different color, one color per press run. The lithographs were authorized, supervised, and validated by the ADAGP (Society of Authors in the Graphic and Plastic Arts) and by Mr. Charly Herscovici, President of the Magritte Foundation, Chairman of the Magritte Museum, and unique representative of the Magritte Succession. Each lithograph features the dry stamps of the Magritte Foundation & ADAGP and is countersigned in pencil by Mr. Charly Herscovici. A proof of edition is printed on the back of each lithograph, guaranteeing its authenticity. Art: 13 x 9.87 Frame: 23.63 x 20.38 in Framed to conservation standards. Surrounded by a wide 100% cotton matboard border with a rounded moulding and filigree details, in an antique brushed gold finish 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...

"Le Plagiat (Plagiarism)" is a color lithograph after the original 1940 painting by Rene Magritte. A delicate still-life is situated on a table. Three tiny eggs sit in a nest and a vase full of vegetation is next to them. Instead of showing flowers and leaves the blooms show a view of a pleasant field. The field holds a blooming tree. 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 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...