Décalcomanie

Name: Décalcomanie
Brand: René MAGRITTE
SKU: 5407006110361
Price: 500.0 EUR
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René MAGRITTE

About

Painted a year before his death in 1966, Magritte created ‘Décalcomanie’ for an acquaintance of his - the baron Chaïm Perelman. The painting would be stolen from Perelman’s house in Brussels, in August 1979, and would only come to be rediscovered in London, May 1992, by Scotland Yard. Undoubtedly, one of René Magritte’s most renowned works, Décalcomanie tries to reveal the invisible by contrasting himself to the outside world – the artist’s existence within the outer world contrasted to the artist’s existence within his inner world. © Succession René Magritte – SABAM, Belgium - 2018

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The Artist

René Magritte

René Magritte (1898–1967) was a Belgian artist and one of the most influential figures of Surrealism. Known for his enigmatic paintings of bowler-hatted men, floating objects, veiled faces, and impossible landscapes, Magritte challenged the relationship between images, words, and reality. His precise, deceptively simple style gave familiar objects an uncanny presence, inviting viewers to question what they see and what they believe they understand.

Works such as The Treachery of Images, The Son of Man, and The Empire of Light have become defining images of 20th-century art. Through wit, mystery, and visual contradiction, Magritte developed a unique language that continues to influence contemporary art, advertising, design, and popular culture.

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