René Magritte

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René Magritte was a Belgian surrealist painter known for his witty, thought-provoking images that challenge observers’ perceptions of reality.

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René Magritte canonical 25
René François Ghislain Magritte 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
surrealist artist ⓘ
associatedWith Surrealist Group in Brussels ⓘ
surface form: Belgian Surrealism
causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Belgium ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1898-11-21 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1967-08-15 ⓘ
educatedAt Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts (Brussels) ⓘ
surface form: Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
fieldOfWork advertising art ⓘ
illustration ⓘ
painting ⓘ
fullName René Magritte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: René François Ghislain Magritte
genre surrealist painting ⓘ
hasMottoOrInscription Ceci n’est pas une pipe ⓘ
hasSignatureWorkElement bowler-hatted man ⓘ
cloud-filled skies ⓘ
ordinary objects in unexpected contexts ⓘ
influenced conceptual art ⓘ
minimalism ⓘ
Pop art ⓘ
surface form: pop art

postmodern art ⓘ
influencedBy Dada ⓘ
Giorgio de Chirico ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
movement Surrealism ⓘ
notableIdea challenging the relationship between objects, images, and words ⓘ
subversion of visual reality ⓘ
notableWork Golconda ⓘ
The Empire of Light ⓘ
The False Mirror ⓘ
The Human Condition ⓘ
The Listening Room ⓘ
The Lovers ⓘ
The Menaced Assassin ⓘ
The Son of Man ⓘ
The Son of Man ⓘ
surface form: The Son of Man (1964 painting)

The Treachery of Images ⓘ
Time Transfixed ⓘ
occupation commercial artist ⓘ
illustrator ⓘ
painter ⓘ
participatedIn Surrealist Group in Paris ⓘ
surface form: Surrealist movement in Paris
placeOfBirth Lessines ⓘ
surface form: Lessines, Belgium
placeOfDeath Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
residence Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
spouse Georgette Berger ⓘ
style figurative art ⓘ
workedAs advertising designer ⓘ
wallpaper designer ⓘ

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Surrealism → hasKeyFigure → René Magritte ⓘ
European avant-garde → hasKeyFigure → René Magritte ⓘ
The Encounter (René Magritte) → creator → René Magritte ⓘ
René Magritte → fullName → René Magritte self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: René François Ghislain Magritte
The Treachery of Images → creator → René Magritte ⓘ
The Lovers → creator → René Magritte ⓘ
The Lovers → artist → René Magritte ⓘ
The Lovers → creator → René Magritte ⓘ
subject surface form: The Lovers I
The Lovers → creator → René Magritte ⓘ
subject surface form: The Lovers II
The Lovers → notableWorkOf → René Magritte ⓘ
The Son of Man → creator → René Magritte ⓘ
The Son of Man → notableWorkOf → René Magritte ⓘ
Surrealist Group in Paris → hasMember → René Magritte ⓘ
Giorgio de Chirico → influenced → René Magritte ⓘ
Surrealist Group in Brussels → hasMember → René Magritte ⓘ
Musée Marmottan Monet → hasWorkBy → René Magritte ⓘ
Edward James → patronOf → René Magritte ⓘ
Edward James → collaboratedWith → René Magritte ⓘ
Groeningemuseum → hasArtistInCollection → René Magritte ⓘ
The Empire of Light by René Magritte → creator → René Magritte ⓘ
subject surface form: The Empire of Light
MRBAB → notableArtistInCollection → René Magritte ⓘ
Magritte Museum → dedicatedTo → René Magritte ⓘ
Magritte Museum → namedAfter → René Magritte ⓘ