List of paintings by René Magritte
René Magritte | |
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Born | René François Ghislain Magritte (1898-11-21)21 November 1898 Lessines, Belgium |
Died | 15 August 1967(1967-08-15) (aged 68) Brussels, Belgium |
Nationality | Belgian |
Known for | Painter |
Notable work | The Treachery of Images The Son of Man The Human Condition Golconda The Menaced Assassin |
Movement | Surrealism |
This is a list of the works of Belgian painter René Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967), a key surrealist painter known for the wittiness of his work.[1]
Paintings
This list includes paintings attributed to Magritte.
1898–1925: Early years
Image | Title | Year | Location | Medium | Dimensions (cm.) | Comments |
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Nude | 1919 | Brachot Gallery, Brussels | oil on canvas | 40 x 29 cm | ||
Landscape | 1920 | oil on canvas | 83 x 64 cm | |||
Portrait of Pierre Bourgeois | 1920 | oil on canvas | ||||
Bathers | 1921 | oil on canvas | 55 x 38 cm | |||
Portrait of Pierre Broodcoorens | 1921 | oil on canvas | ||||
L'Écuyère | 1922 | oil on canvas | 63 x 90 cm | Also known as The Station | ||
The Model | 1922 | Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi | oil on canvas | 40 x 29 cm | Also known as Woman Bathing | |
Donna | 1923 | oil on canvas | 46 x 38 cm | |||
Georgette at the Piano | 1923 | Brachot Gallery, Brussels | oil on canvas | 44 x 36.5 cm | ||
Modern | 1923 | oil on canvas | ||||
Self-portrait | 1923 | oil on canvas | ||||
Night Life | 1923 | oil on canvas | 50.1 x 40.2 cm | |||
Three Nudes in an Interior | 1923 | oil on canvas | 59.5 x 55.5 cm | |||
Youth | 1924 | oil on canvas | 50.5 x 41 cm | |||
Advertisements for "Norine" | 1925 | gouache on paper | ||||
The Bather | 1925 | Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi | oil on canvas | 50 x 100 cm | ||
Blue Cinema | 1925 | Private collection | oil on canvas | 65 x 54cm | ||
Nocturne | 1925 | oil on canvas | 65 × 75 cm | |||
Reclining Nude | 1925 | oil on canvas | ||||
The Window | 1925 | oil on canvas | ||||
Untitled | 1925 | Private collection | collage | 55 x 40 cm |
1926–1930: Paris
Image | Title | Year | Location | Medium | Dimensions (cm.) | Comments |
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Wreckage of the Dark[2] | 1926 | Musée de Grenoble | Oil on canvas | 120 x 80 cm | ||
Popular Panorama[3] | 1926 | Oil on canvas | 120 x 80 cm | |||
Silvered Chasm[4] | 1926 | Oil on canvas | 75 x 65 cm | |||
Famous Man[5] | 1926 | Oil on canvas | 65 x 81 cm | |||
Sensational News[6] | 1926 | Oil on canvas | 62 x 81 cm | |||
Desert Catapult[7] | 1926 | Oil on canvas | 75 x 65 cm | |||
Rêve d'étudiant[8] | 1926 | Nationalgalerie. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg | Öl. Ripolin und Bleistift auf Leinwand | 80.3 x 70 cm | ||
Portrait of Paul Nougé[9] | 1927 | Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique | Oil on canvas | 95 x 65 cm | ||
Forest[10] | 1927 | Musée de l’art wallon | Oil on canvas | 100 x 73 cm | ||
Table. Ocean and Fruit[11] | 1927 | Oil on canvas | 50 x 65 cm | |||
Taste for the Invisible[12] | 1927 | Oil on canvas | 100 x 73 cm | |||
Double Secret (Le double secret)[13] | 1927 | Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. France | Oil on canvas | 114 x 162 cm | ||
Meaning of Night[14] | 1927 | Menil Collection (Houston. Tex.) | Oil on canvas | 139 x 105 cm | ||
The Murderous Sky (Le ciel meurtrier)[15] | 1927 | Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. France | Oil on canvas | 73 x 100 cm | ||
Female Thief[16] | 1927 | Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique | Oil on canvas | 100 x 73 cm | ||
Prince of Objects[17] | 1927 | Oil on canvas with collaged canvas | 50 x 65 cm | |||
The Menaced Assassin[18] | 1927 | The Museum of Modern Art; Kay Sage Tanguy Fund | Oil on canvas | 150.4 x 195.2 cm | ||
Palace of Curtains[19] | 1928 | Oil on canvas | 81 x 116 cm | |||
Voice of Silence[20] | 1928 | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | |||
Acrobat's Ideas[21] | 1928 | Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst | Oil on canvas | 116 x 81 cm | ||
Swift Hope[22] | 1928 | Hamburger Kunsthalle | Oil on canvas | 49.5 x 64 cm | ||
Flowers of the Abyss I[23] | 1928 | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | |||
Flood[24] | 1928 | Oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm | |||
Acrobat's Rest[25] | 1928 | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | |||
Apparition[26] | 1928 | Galerie Brusberg | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | ||
Delights of Landscape[27] | 1928 | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | |||
Lovers II[28] | 1928 | National Gallery of Australia | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | ||
Obsession[29] | 1928 | Nationalgalerie (Germany) | Oil on canvas | 81 x 116 cm | ||
La Voix des airs[30] | 1928 | Buffalo AKG Art Museum; Albert H. Tracy Fund. by exchange. and George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund. 1976 | Oil on canvas | overall: 83.82 x 68.58 x 7.62 cm | ||
The Voice of Silence (La voix du silence)[31] | 1928 | Worcester Art Museum; Stoddard Acquisition Fund | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | ||
Flowers of the Abyss II[32] | 1928 | Oil on canvas | 41 x 27 cm | |||
Magic Light[33] | 1928 | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | |||
The False Mirror[34] | 1928 | The Museum of Modern Art; Purchase | Oil on canvas | 54 x 80.9 cm | ||
Six Elements[35] | 1928 | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Oil on canvas | 73 x 100 cm | ||
Attempting the Impossible[36] | 1928 | Oil on canvas | 116 x 81 cm | |||
Lost World[37] | 1928 | Kunstmuseum Winterthur | Oil on canvas | 54.5 x 73.5 cm | ||
Apparition[38] | 1928 | Staatsgalerie Stuttgart | Oil on canvas | 82.5 x 116 cm | ||
Palace of Curtains III[39] | 1928-29 | Museum of Modern Art (New York. N.Y.) | Oil on canvas | 81.2 x 116.4 cm | ||
Portrait of Paul-Gustave van Hecke[40] | 1928 | Oil on canvas | 65 x 50 cm | |||
The Lovers[41] | 1928 | The Museum of Modern Art; Gift of Richard S. Zeisler | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73.4 cm | ||
Literal Meaning II[42] | 1929 | Menil Collection (Houston. Tex.) | Oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm | ||
Literal Meaning IV[43] | 1929 | Oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm | |||
Literal Meaning VI[44] | 1929 | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm | |||
The Treason of Images (This is not a Pipe)[45] | 1929 | Oil on canvas | 55 x 72 cm | |||
Tree of Knowledge[46] | 1929 | Oil on canvas | 41 x 27 cm | |||
The Eternally Obvious (L'évidence éternelle)[47] | 1930 | The Menil Collection | Oil on five separately stretched and framed canvases mounted on acrylic sheet | 167.6 × 38.1 × 55.9 cm | ||
La clef des songes.[48] | 1930 | Private Collection. Vienna | Oil on canvas | 81 x 60 cm | ||
Depths of the Earth[49] | 1930 | Oil on canvas: four canvases framed and mounted on glass | 12 x 22 cm; 16 x 22 cm; 22 x 16 cm; 19 x 24 cm | |||
Portrait of E.L.T. Mesens[50] | 1930 | Oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm |
1931–1942: Brussels
1943–1947: Sunlit Period
1947–1948: Vache period
1949–1960: Mature period
1961–1967: Later years
References
- ^ "René Magritte". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
- ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Wreckage of the Dark".
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Table. Ocean and Fruit".
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Double Secret (Le double secret)".
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Meaning of Night".
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Murderous Sky (Le ciel meurtrier)".
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Prince of Objects".
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Menaced Assassin".
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Palace of Curtains".
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External links
- René Magritte Museum, Brussels
- Rene Magritte: List of works
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- List of paintings
- The Difficult Crossing (1926; 1963)
- Le Joueur Secret (1927)
- The Enchanted Pose (1927)
- The Menaced Assassin (1927)
- The Meaning of Night (1927)
- The Adulation of Space (1927–1928)
- The Empty Mask (1928)
- The False Mirror (1928)
- The Treachery of Images (1929)
- On the Threshold of Liberty (1929/1937)
- The Voice of Space (1931)
- Elective Affinities (1933)
- The Human Condition (1933/1935)
- The Portrait (1935)
- Not to Be Reproduced (1937)
- Time Transfixed (1938)
- The Palace of Memories (1939)
- The Empire of Light (1949–1954)
- The Seducer (1950)
- The Listening Room (1952)
- Golconda (1953)
- The Mysteries of the Horizon (1955)
- 16th September (1956)
- The Alarm Clock (1957)
- The Castle of the Pyrenees (1959)
- The Telescope (1963)
- The Son of Man (1964)