René Magritte
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René François Ghislain Magritte was a 20th century Belgian surrealist artist. #artbots by @nuwaves-future.bsky.social 🔗 https://linktr.ee/magritte_artbot
The Interpretation of Dreams (1927) brought words to the canvas, deliberately mislabelling objects to expose the gap between seeing and naming. This foundational idea would later influence his famous work, The Treachery of Images (1929). #artbots #magritte
La Valse hésitation / The hesitation waltz - 1955 #artbots #magritte
Un peu de l'âme des bandits / A little of the bandit's soul - 1960 #artbots #magritte
Le parfum de l'abîme / The scent of the abyss - 1928 #artbots #magritte
La fin du temps / The end of time - 1927 #artbots #magritte
L'invitée / The female guest - 1956 #artbots #magritte
Le séducteur / The seducer - 1953 #artbots #magritte
Les belles réalités / Fine realities - 1962 #artbots #magritte
Threatening Weather (1929) floats a female torso, a tuba, and a chair above a Spanish landscape in place of clouds. Painted in Cadaqués while staying with Dalí, it presents something completely irrational with complete conviction. The threat is never named. #artbots #magritte
L'évidence éternelle (genoux) / The eternally obvious (knees) - 1954 #artbots #magritte
Le tombeau des lutteurs / The tomb of the wrestlers - 1960 #artbots #magritte
Le domaine enchanté (V) / The enchanted domain (V) - 1953 #artbots #magritte
Le goût de l'invisible / A taste of the invisible - 1927 #artbots #magritte
Unexpected Answer (1933) presents a door pierced by a human-shaped void, where absence becomes the presence of nothing. The image feels like an answer to no question at all, turning an ordinary object into a philosophical trap. #artbots #magritte
La main de gloire / The hand of glory - 1943 #artbots #magritte
The Flood (1928) shows a torso dissolving into sky above water, with an arm resting on a tuba. The title hints at catastrophe, but the scene conveys mystery and unease. Some scholars link Magritte’s recurring water imagery to his mother’s drowning. #artbots #magritte
La voix du sang / Blood will tell - 1947 #artbots #magritte
Philosophy in the bedroom / La philosophie dans le boudoir - 1947 #artbots #magritte
To become a strong soldier? I drink the Derbaix pot au feu - 1918 #artbots #magritte
Les Forgerons / The Blacksmiths - 1920 #artbots #magritte
La parole donnée (II) / The pledge (II) - 1964 or 1965 #artbots #magritte
La connaissance naturelle / Knowledge of the natural - 1941 #artbots #magritte
In Portrait of Pierre Broodcoorens (1921), Magritte honored a beloved writer with an inscription on the canvas. But the tribute is filtered through Metzinger's figurative Cubism, making it as much a modernist manifesto as a portrait. #artbots #magritte
