Magritte, The True Art Of Painting by René Magritte

Title	:	Magritte, The True Art Of Painting
Author	:	René Magritte
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ISBN	:	-
Format Type	:	Hardcover
Number of Pages	:	144
Publication	:	First published November 15, 1978

French

Magritte, The True Art Of Painting Reviews

Trung Rwo

Amazing book of an extraordinary artist. The book shows not only how beautiful and complex the artworks of Magritte is, but also demonstrates the mind behind them all.
Steven Harper

Probably one of the best books out there on Magritte due to the fact that it includes not just letters and correspondances between Magritte and Torczyner, but also various concepts drawings and thumbnail sketches / ideas and concepts of the artist's final paintings. It would be nice to see additional works included in the book, but I'm speaking as a real fan of Magritte.

René Magritte - René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought provoking images.Magritte was born in Lessines, in the province of Hainaut, in 1898, the eldest son of Léopold Magritte, a tailor, and Adeline, a milliner. He began lessons in drawing in 1910. In 1912, his mother committed suicide by drowning herself in the River Sambre. Magritte was present when her body was retrieved from the water. The image of his mother floating, her dress obscuring her face, may have influenced a 1927–1928 series of paintings of people with cloth obscuring their faces, including Les Amants, but Magritte disliked this explanation. He studied at the Académie Royale des Beaux Arts in Brussels for two ye René François Ghislain Magritte was a Bel...

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