Magritte

Magritte Art & vision of Surrealism

René Magritte was one of the most famous surrealist painters of all time. His ability to challenge perception inspired many artists to come, such as Andy Warhol, Jan Verdoodt and Jasper Johns. His idiosyncratic vision of Surrealism has won over the hearts and minds of millions.

He worked across various media including painting, printmaking, sculpting, photography and film. His depiction of normal, everyday objects rearranged in an unusual way allowed his viewers to take a deeper look at what was in front of them and realize what the image truly represented.

His ability to give new meanings to everyday objects is exemplified in one of his most well-known pieces, The Treachery of Images. It is an image of a pipe, and beneath it, a message that reads, “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (“This is not a pipe”).

This ability to make the mundane strange and the known unknown has solidified Magritte’s talents in the art world, and has profoundly affected the Conceptualist and Pop Art movements, to this very day.