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Rene Magritte

René Magritte: Rebel in Surrealism, Prophet in Art, Mystic in Poetic Images

“The painter’s art, as I see it, is about making poetic images visible.” René Magritte Who invent surrealistic Art is a challenging question in art history. Most artists have some layer of surrealism, and most artworks play ambiguous roles in human expressive history. Which elements can people easily understand, from clouds, pipes, bowler hats,

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The Fantastical Dreamer Of The Art World: Exploring The Artistic Journey Of Joan Miró

Vaishnavi Srivastava 20th April, ON THIS DAY “I begin my paintings because something jolts me away from reality. This shock can be caused by a little thread that comes loose from the canvas, a drop of water that falls, the fingerprint my thumb leaves on the shiny surface of this table.” – Joan Miró In

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Rene Magritte compelled spectators to reevaluate their own ideas of reality

NOVEMBER 21, ON THIS DAY “As regards the artists themselves, most of them gave up their freedom quite lightly, placing their art at the service of someone or something. As a rule, their concerns and their ambitions are those of any old careerist. I thus acquired a total distrust of art and artists, whether they

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