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List of paintings by René Magritte

This is a list of the works of Belgian painter René Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967), a key surrealist painter known for the wittiness of his work.[1]

René Magritte
Born
René François Ghislain Magritte

(1898-11-21)21 November 1898
Lessines, Belgium
Died15 August 1967(1967-08-15) (aged 68)
Brussels, Belgium
NationalityBelgian
Known forPainter
Notable workThe Treachery of Images
The Son of Man
The Human Condition
Golconda
The Menaced Assassin
MovementSurrealism

Paintings edit

This list includes paintings attributed to Magritte.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

1898–1925: Early years edit

Image Title Year Location Medium Dimensions (cm.) Comments
Nude 1919 Brachot Gallery, Brussels oil on canvas 40 x 29 cm
Landscape 1920 oil on canvas 83 x 64 cm
Portrait of Pierre Bourgeois 1920 oil on canvas
Bathers 1921 oil on canvas 55 x 38 cm
Portrait of Pierre Broodcoorens 1921 oil on canvas
L'Écuyère 1922 oil on canvas 63 x 90 cm Also known as The Station
The Model 1922 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi oil on canvas 40 x 29 cm Also known as Woman Bathing
Donna 1923 oil on canvas 46 x 38 cm
Georgette at the Piano 1923 Brachot Gallery, Brussels oil on canvas 44 x 36.5 cm
Modern 1923 oil on canvas
Self-portrait 1923 oil on canvas
Night Life 1923 oil on canvas 50.1 x 40.2 cm
Three Nudes in an Interior 1923 oil on canvas 59.5 x 55.5 cm
Youth 1924 oil on canvas 50.5 x 41 cm
Advertisements for "Norine" 1925 gouache on paper
The Bather 1925 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi oil on canvas 50 x 100 cm
Blue Cinema 1925 Private collection oil on canvas 65 x 54cm
Nocturne 1925 oil on canvas 65 × 75 cm
Reclining Nude 1925 oil on canvas
The Window 1925 oil on canvas
Untitled 1925 Private collection collage 55 x 40 cm

1926–1930: Paris edit

Image Title Year Location Medium Dimensions (cm.) Comments
Wreckage of the Dark[2] 1926 Musée de Grenoble Oil on canvas 120 x 80 cm
Popular Panorama[3] 1926 Oil on canvas 120 x 80 cm
Silvered Chasm[4] 1926 Oil on canvas 75 x 65 cm
Famous Man[5] 1926 Oil on canvas 65 x 81 cm
Sensational News[6] 1926 Oil on canvas 62 x 81 cm
Desert Catapult[7] 1926 Oil on canvas 75 x 65 cm
Rêve d'étudiant[8] 1926 Nationalgalerie. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg Öl. Ripolin und Bleistift auf Leinwand 80.3 x 70 cm
Portrait of Paul Nougé[9] 1927 Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique Oil on canvas 95 x 65 cm
Forest[10] 1927 Musée de l’art wallon Oil on canvas 100 x 73 cm
Table. Ocean and Fruit[11] 1927 Oil on canvas 50 x 65 cm
Taste for the Invisible[12] 1927 Oil on canvas 100 x 73 cm
Double Secret (Le double secret)[13] 1927 Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. France Oil on canvas 114 x 162 cm
Meaning of Night[14] 1927 Menil Collection (Houston. Tex.) Oil on canvas 139 x 105 cm
The Murderous Sky (Le ciel meurtrier)[15] 1927 Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. France Oil on canvas 73 x 100 cm
Female Thief[16] 1927 Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique Oil on canvas 100 x 73 cm
Prince of Objects[17] 1927 Oil on canvas with collaged canvas 50 x 65 cm
The Menaced Assassin[18] 1927 The Museum of Modern Art; Kay Sage Tanguy Fund Oil on canvas 150.4 x 195.2 cm
Palace of Curtains[19] 1928 Oil on canvas 81 x 116 cm
Voice of Silence[20] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm
Acrobat's Ideas[21] 1928 Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst Oil on canvas 116 x 81 cm
Swift Hope[22] 1928 Hamburger Kunsthalle Oil on canvas 49.5 x 64 cm
Flowers of the Abyss I[23] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm
Flood[24] 1928 Oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm
Acrobat's Rest[25] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm
Apparition[26] 1928 Galerie Brusberg Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm
Delights of Landscape[27] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm
Lovers II[28] 1928 National Gallery of Australia Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm
Obsession[29] 1928 Nationalgalerie (Germany) Oil on canvas 81 x 116 cm
La Voix des airs[30] 1928 Buffalo AKG Art Museum; Albert H. Tracy Fund. by exchange. and George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund. 1976 Oil on canvas overall: 83.82 x 68.58 x 7.62 cm
The Voice of Silence (La voix du silence)[31] 1928 Worcester Art Museum; Stoddard Acquisition Fund Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm
Flowers of the Abyss II[32] 1928 Oil on canvas 41 x 27 cm
Magic Light[33] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm
The False Mirror[34] 1928 The Museum of Modern Art; Purchase Oil on canvas 54 x 80.9 cm
Six Elements[35] 1928 Philadelphia Museum of Art Oil on canvas 73 x 100 cm
Attempting the Impossible[36] 1928 Oil on canvas 116 x 81 cm
Lost World[37] 1928 Kunstmuseum Winterthur Oil on canvas 54.5 x 73.5 cm
Apparition[38] 1928 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart Oil on canvas 82.5 x 116 cm
Palace of Curtains III[39] 1928-29 Museum of Modern Art (New York. N.Y.) Oil on canvas 81.2 x 116.4 cm
Portrait of Paul-Gustave van Hecke[40] 1928 Oil on canvas 65 x 50 cm
The Lovers[41] 1928 The Museum of Modern Art; Gift of Richard S. Zeisler Oil on canvas 54 x 73.4 cm
Literal Meaning II[42] 1929 Menil Collection (Houston. Tex.) Oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm
Literal Meaning IV[43] 1929 Oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm
Literal Meaning VI[44] 1929 Oil on canvas 54 x 73 cm
The Treason of Images (This is not a Pipe)[45] 1929 Oil on canvas 55 x 72 cm
Tree of Knowledge[46] 1929 Oil on canvas 41 x 27 cm
The Eternally Obvious (L'évidence éternelle)[47] 1930 The Menil Collection Oil on five separately stretched and framed canvases mounted on acrylic sheet 167.6 × 38.1 × 55.9 cm
La clef des songes.[48] 1930 Private Collection. Vienna Oil on canvas 81 x 60 cm
Depths of the Earth[49] 1930 Oil on canvas: four canvases framed and mounted on glass 12 x 22 cm; 16 x 22 cm; 22 x 16 cm; 19 x 24 cm
Portrait of E.L.T. Mesens[50] 1930 Oil on canvas 73 x 54 cm

1931–1942: Brussels edit

1943–1947: Sunlit Period edit

1947–1948: Vache period edit

1949–1960: Mature period edit

1961–1967: Later years edit

References edit

  1. ^ "René Magritte". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Wreckage of the Dark". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Popular Panorama". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Silvered Chasm". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Famous Man". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Sensational News". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Desert Catapult". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Rêve d'étudiant". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Portrait of Paul Nougé". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Forest". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Table. Ocean and Fruit". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  12. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Taste for the Invisible". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Double Secret (Le double secret)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Meaning of Night". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Murderous Sky (Le ciel meurtrier)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Female Thief". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  17. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Prince of Objects". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  18. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Menaced Assassin". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Palace of Curtains". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  20. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Voice of Silence". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  21. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Acrobat's Ideas". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Swift Hope". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Flowers of the Abyss I". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  24. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Flood". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  25. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Acrobat's Rest". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  26. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Apparition". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  27. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Delights of Landscape". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  28. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Lovers II". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  29. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Obsession". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  30. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "La Voix des airs". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  31. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Voice of Silence (La voix du silence)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  32. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Flowers of the Abyss II". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  33. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Magic Light". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  34. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The False Mirror". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  35. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Six Elements". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  36. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Attempting the Impossible". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  37. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Lost World". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  38. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Apparition". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  39. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Palace of Curtains III". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  40. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Portrait of Paul-Gustave van Hecke". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  41. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Lovers". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  42. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Literal Meaning II". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  43. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Literal Meaning IV". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  44. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Literal Meaning VI". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  45. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Treason of Images (This is not a Pipe)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  46. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Tree of Knowledge". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  47. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Eternally Obvious (L'évidence éternelle)". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  48. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "La clef des songes". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  49. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Depths of the Earth". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  50. ^ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Portrait of E.L.T. Mesens". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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