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The Human Condition by René Magritte

The Human Condition

René Magritte · 1935

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Artist
René Magritte
Date
1935
Location
Norwich Castle
ART MOVEMENTS
Surrealism
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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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The Eye The Eye 1932 · Art Institute of Chicago On the Threshold of Liberty On the Threshold of Liberty 1937 · Art Institute of Chicago La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed) La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed) 1938 · Art Institute of Chicago Untitled (Woman-Bottle) Untitled (Woman-Bottle) 1943 · Art Institute of Chicago The Banquet The Banquet 1958 · Art Institute of Chicago
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Beyond Magritte and Surrealism: works from the same years.

Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Same era · 1920s–1950s Lozenge Composition with Yellow, Black, Blue, Red, and Gray Piet Mondrian · 1921 · Art Institute of Chicago Deux personnages Same era · 1920s–1950s Deux personnages Pierre Alechinsky · 1950 That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door) Same era · 1920s–1950s That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door) Ivan Puni · 1931 · Art Institute of Chicago American Gothic Same era · 1920s–1950s American Gothic Okada Saburosuke · 1930 · Art Institute of Chicago Straße mit Passanten bei Nachtbeleuchtung Same era · 1920s–1950s Straße mit Passanten bei Nachtbeleuchtung Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · 1927 · Museum Frieder Burda The Indestructibles Same era · 1920s–1950s The Indestructibles Philip Evergood · 1946 · Art Institute of Chicago Garden Airplane-Trap Same era · 1920s–1950s Garden Airplane-Trap Max Ernst · 1935 · Art Institute of Chicago Two Women on the Shore Same era · 1920s–1950s Two Women on the Shore Edvard Munch · 1935 · Munch Museum
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