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René Magritte

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René Magritte

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Also known as Magritte, Magritte, René

Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)

OverviewAI-generated

René Magritte (1898–1967) was a Belgian painter, illustrator, draftsperson, and photographer. Born in Lessines, he was educated at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Brussels and died of pancreatic cancer in Schaerbeek. His field of work was painting, and he wrote in French. He also spoke Hungarian.

Notable works include *The Treachery of Images*, *The Mysteries of the Horizon*, *Golconda*, and *The lovers*. His works are held in collections such as the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Synthesized by Vinony from 44 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, Last.fm, TMDb, MusicBrainz, Firecrawl, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1898
Died
1967
Works
101

Top works

  • Reneh Magriṭ, 1898-1967
  • Ego
  • René Magritte, 135 Rue Esseghem, Jette-Bruxelles
  • Les nécessites de la vie et les conséquences des rêves
  • Magritte; le sens propre

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Acting · Lessines, Belgium

Known for

  • Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat — Self (archive footage)2024
  • Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain — Self (archive footage)2022
  • Un Week-end avec Monsieur Magritte : Tome 1, Samedi — Himself1997
  • Monsieur René Magritte — Self (archive footage)1978
  • Magritte: The False Mirror1970
  • Magritte or the Object Lesson — Self - Painter (uncredited)1960

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Belgium
Active from
1898
Active to
1967
Discogs

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
589
Total plays
1,297

Tags

spoken wordAvant-Gardeunder 2000 listenersAll

Similar artists

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Radiotherapy plus Concomitant and Adjuvant Temozolomide for Glioblastoma

    · 2005 · cited 18,736x

  2. Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis

    · 2018 · cited 11,570x

  3. The Clavien-Dindo Classification of Surgical Complications

    · 2009 · cited 10,414x

  4. Gene expression profiling predicts clinical outcome of breast cancer

    · 2002 · cited 7,507x

  5. Effects of radiotherapy with concomitant and adjuvant temozolomide versus radiotherapy alone on survival in glioblastoma in a randomised phase III study: 5-year analysis of the EORTC-NCIC trial

    · 2009 · cited 6,602x

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Official website

Magritte Foundation – This is the official René Magritte website

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Encyclopedic overview

René François Ghislain Magritte ( French: [ʁəne fʁɑ̃swa ɡilɛ̃ maɡʁit]; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art.

Early life

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “René Magritte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Gallery (9)

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