Rene Magritte : [cat. exp.] Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels, March 1998 (cat. exp.)

by René Magritte, Alain Berenboom (Author), Micheline Colin (Author), Jef Cornelis (Author), Francis de Lulle (Author), Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium

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Published to mark the centenary of his birth and to accompany an exhibition at the Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels from March 1998, this is an illustrated study of the Belgian Surrealist painter, Rene Magritte. Three hundred paintings and gouaches are reproduced in colour and accompanied by essays and comparative and archival illustrations. There is also a section presenting topics such as Magritte and film, the Magritte archives, and interviews with the artist, his show more colleagues and his family. show less

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Rene Magritte : [cat. exp.] Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique in Brussels, March 1998 (cat. exp.) (cat. exp.)
Important places*
Brussel, België; België
First words
In a text written in 1954 that remained unpublished until 1970, Paul Colinet, one of Magritte's accomplices, posed a question that at first glance may seem simplistic: 'Has anyone ever seen, I mean really "seen", a painting b... (show all)y René Magritte?'
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(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It is perhaps an address to keep in mind for those wishing to complete the present catalogue.
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Art & Design, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS
759.9493Arts & recreationPaintingHistory, geographic treatment, biographyOther geographic areasEuropeOther partsBelgium and Luxembourg
LCC
ND673 .M35 .A4Fine ArtsPaintingPaintingHistory

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