Margritte (Western Art Gallery)

Author: René Magritte
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Publication Date: 2002-01-01
Features: After 1943, Magritte began using Impressionist techniques to create Renoir-style paintings, attempting to counter the tragedy of war by creating works he felt were beautiful and that anyone would find beautiful. Over seventy oil paintings and more than forty gum watercolors created with this technique were exhibited in Brussels in January 1944 but were fiercely criticized by Nazi propaganda institutions. This book is an introduction to the works of Western artist René Magritte. The main content includes the artist's career, the great Belgian Surrealist, style and technique, the challenge to the ordinary, close-ups of masterpieces, The Childhood of Icarus, selected works explained, The Lovers, The Giants' Era, The Red Model, Gorkynd, The Great Family, world-famous museums, and the Royal Museum of Fine Arts of Belgium.