The Belgian artist René Magritte (1890-1967) was a Surrealist painter famous for bizarre images depicted in a realistic manner. Many of his paintings showed a dignified gentleman in a bowler hat. The Belgian painter René François...

Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte has been described as twentieth-century art's most subtle saboteur. Until his death in 1967, he lived an ordinary life in Brussels, save for three heady years in Paris in the 1920s, but created dozens of...

"People often wonder what my painting hides. Nothing!" surrealism superstar Rene Magritte wrote. "I paint visible images which evoke something incomprehensible. ... But of course I cannot prevent people from interpreting my paintings. If they prefer to walk through walls rather than using...

Incitar a la reflexión del espectador mostrando lo insólito mediante la superposición o alteración de elementos reales y cotidianos. Ãsta era una de las pretensiones del artista belga René Magritte (1898-1967). uno de los constructores del movimiento surrealista, cuyas obras tienen, sobre todo,...

As a famous surrealist artist Rene Magritte has managed to skillfully incorporate many of the art elements and principles into his paintings to create mystery. With his original style and unusual use of juxtaposition Magritte's work will continue to always be admired.