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Vase by René Magritte

Vase

René Magritte · 1919

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Artist
René Magritte
Date
1919
Medium
Lead-glazed earthenware with polychrome decoration
Location
Art Institute of Chicago
Dimensions
31.1 × 19.1 cm (12 1/4 × 7 1/2 in.); Diam.: 19.1 cm (7 1/2 in.)
ART MOVEMENTS
Surrealism
THE ARTIST

René Magritte

1898–1967 · Belgium

René Magritte was a Belgian surrealist master who painted familiar objects in dreamlike, often unsettling, unexpected contexts.

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Beyond Magritte and Surrealism: works from the same years.

Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Same era · 1900s–1930s Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Piet Mondrian · 1921 · Art Institute of Chicago Railway Bridge on Löbtauer Strasse in Dresden Same era · 1900s–1930s Railway Bridge on Löbtauer Strasse in Dresden Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1918 · Galerie Neue Meister Bull's Head Same era · 1900s–1930s Bull's Head Mikhail Larionov · 1913 · Tretyakov Gallery The Lineman Same era · 1900s–1930s The Lineman Ivan Puni · 1927 · Art Institute of Chicago American Gothic Same era · 1900s–1930s American Gothic Okada Saburosuke · 1930 · Art Institute of Chicago Interior at Nice Same era · 1900s–1930s Interior at Nice Henri Matisse · 1919 · Art Institute of Chicago Schoolhouse Same era · 1900s–1930s Schoolhouse Paul Klee · 1920 · Art Institute of Chicago Man and Trees, Florida Same era · 1900s–1930s Man and Trees, Florida John Singer Sargent · 1917 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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