Golconda

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Golconda is a famous 1953 surrealist painting by René Magritte depicting a sky filled with identically dressed men in bowler hats seemingly floating or suspended in mid-air above a cityscape.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf painting ⓘ
artStyle Magrittean surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ
cataloguedIn catalogues raisonnés of René Magritte NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorPalette blue sky ⓘ
dark suits ⓘ
muted tones ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator René Magritte NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorNationality Belgian ⓘ
depicts cityscape ⓘ
floating men ⓘ
men in bowler hats ⓘ
men suspended in mid-air ⓘ
genre Surrealism NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArtForm easel painting ⓘ
hasCulturalImpact frequently reproduced in art books ⓘ
iconic image of surrealist art ⓘ
hasMedium oil paint ⓘ
hasPerspective frontal view of buildings ⓘ
hasSurface canvas ⓘ
hasTheme ambiguity of reality ⓘ
conformity ⓘ
everyday transformed into the uncanny ⓘ
multiplicity of identity ⓘ
hasTitle Golconda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Golconde NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVisualCharacteristic illusion of men raining from the sky ⓘ
regular grid-like spacing of figures ⓘ
inception 1953 ⓘ
influencedBy Magritte’s interest in paradox and illusion ⓘ
languageOfTitle French ⓘ
mainSubject anonymous bourgeois men ⓘ
repetition of human figures ⓘ
movement Surrealism ⓘ
namedAfter Golconda (historic city in India) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor ambiguous spatial relationships ⓘ
iconic bowler-hatted men ⓘ
repetition of nearly identical figures ⓘ
partOf René Magritte’s body of work NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod mid-20th century urban environment ⓘ
titleLanguage French ⓘ
usesMotif bourgeois male figure ⓘ
bowler hat ⓘ
urban architecture ⓘ

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René Magritte → notableWork → Golconda ⓘ