SURREALISM · ARTIST

René Magritte

1898–1967 · Belgian · Surrealism
The deadpan
René Magritte

Magritte skipped the fever dreams and went for the quiet jolt instead: a pipe that insists it is not a pipe, a man in a bowler hat with an apple for a face. He painted everything in a flat, ordinary style, so the weirdness sneaks up on you.

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The Treachery of Images
The Treachery of Images
1929
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