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01.12.11: All Images © Estate of Rene Magritte

Rene Magritte was a Belgian Surrealist painter who was trained in Brussels and travelled in France, Britain, Germany and Holland. He lived near Paris, 1927 and came into contact with the French Surrealist movement, although he painted some Impressionist-style pictures during World War 11. He later lived in Brussels and painted murals for Belgian public buildings. His pale and dryly painted works have a dream-like clarity, with, frequently, an unexpected wittiness. They often have nude women, sometimes accompanied by men in bowler hats, and similar incongruities.

There are examples in Brussels, Cardiff, Charleroi, Chicago, Edinburgh, London (Tate), Los Angeles, New York (M ofMA) and Paris (Mus. d'Art Mod.).

Source: The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists (Penguin Reference Books)

01.12.11: Gallery Text

The Belgian painter René Magritte (1898-1967) was one of the outstanding--and most enigmatic--figures of the Surrealist movement. Since the 1960s, his work has had an enormous and continuing influence, not only on art, but on culture at large. His unforgettable paintings—poetic and often puzzling—have become part of our popular imagery.

01.12.11: Allposters.com

They have a great range of Magritte prints & posters. It's a great source to begin your collection and from time to time they even get in some of the more obscurer posters. More info here.