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René Magritte: 1898–1967

The surrealist paintings of Rene Magritte (1898-1967) turn the usual order of things upside down, making it seem quite natural that a dinner roll should fly past a dungeon door. His work strange, beautiful, and often witty restores a sense of mystery to a world that often seems to have lost its magic.

Subject
biography
Themes
art
Setting
20th centurybelgium
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 216 pages

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