René Magritte
1898–1967
© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2020
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© ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London 2020
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Artworks
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René Magritte Man with a Newspaper
1928 -
René Magritte The Future of Statues
1937 -
René Magritte The Annunciation
1930 -
René Magritte The Spirit of Geometry
1937 -
René Magritte The Reckless Sleeper
1928
Film and audio
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Storm Thorgerson on Magritte
The designer of iconic album covers, including Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, tells us how he is inspired …
Features
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Art Term
Illusionism
The term illusionism is used to describe a painting that creates the illusion of a real object or scene, or … -
Art Term
Surrealism
A twentieth-century literary, philosophical and artistic movement that explored the workings of the mind, championing the irrational, the poetic and … -
Tate Papers
Becoming Machine: Surrealist Automatism and Some Contemporary Instances
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Tate Etc
In the freewheeling world of the mind: René Magritte II
The Belgian Surrealist remains an influential figure among contemporary artists. Tate Etc.’s Mariko Finch spoke to four admirers. One shares … -
Tate Etc
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Tate Etc
Tate Etc. issue 11: Autumn 2007
Tate Etc. Issue 11: Autumn 2007 full contents including contributions from Antonia Fraser and Louise Bourgeois; online version of Tate's … -
Tate Etc
Thinking drawing: Vija Celmins
Vija Celmins was born in Latvia in 1938, fled with her family to Germany in advance of the Soviet army …
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