The Listening Room

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The Listening Room is a surrealist painting by René Magritte that depicts an oversized green apple filling an entire room, exemplifying his signature play with scale and reality.

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instanceOf painting
artist René Magritte NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Belgium NERFINISHED
creator René Magritte NERFINISHED
depicts interior room
oversized green apple
genre surrealism
hasArtHistoricalSignificance frequently reproduced in discussions of surrealist interior spaces
iconic example of Magritte’s exploration of scale and perception
hasCharacteristic illusionistic realism with surreal content
juxtaposition of ordinary objects in uncanny context
play with scale
hasMedium oil paint
hasStyle surrealist
hasSubject apple
interior space
hasSupport canvas
hasTheme mystery of the everyday
scale distortion
tension between reality and representation
influencedBy metaphysical painting
symbolism
languageOfTitle English
movement Surrealism
originalTitleLanguage French
partOf René Magritte’s series of paintings featuring apples
relatedWork The Human Condition NERFINISHED
The Son of Man NERFINISHED
usesMotif apple
disproportionate scale
enclosed space

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René Magritte notableWork The Listening Room