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MAGRITTE 100% Silk Scarf - La grande famille- 40 x 140 cm

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Scarf - Muslin 100% silk
Beautiful finish - Stitched with rolled edges
Size : 140 x 40 cm
Made in France



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René Magritte

Additional cultural and artistic information about the artist

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Main works

"The Treachery of Images (1929)", "The Son of Man (1964)", "Golconda (1953)", "16 September (1956)" (and many others, as each work by Magritte is a story in itself).

Artistic movements

Surrealism

Inspiration, influence

De Chirico and his "Chant d'amour (1914)". René Magritte said of this work: "My eyes saw thought for the first time."

His contemporaries

All the Surrealists, whether they are Belgian or French, from André Breton to Salvador Dali!

To keep in mind

Magritte worked all his life to make people recognize the power of representation, while wanting the viewer to be fully aware that it is just that: a representation, an image... Long before the philosophers, Magritte warned against a society of spectacle and tried to teach us the rules of the game...

To go further

René Magritte is undoubtedly one of the masters of surrealism. He is less cerebral (and less inclined towards psychoanalysis) than Dali, funnier than André Breton, and much more familiar than De Chirico. In fact, Magritte is a surrealist who is easy to understand and love...

Biography of René Magritte