1. Rene Magritte November 21,1898 – August 15, 1967 Surrealist

2.  Artist Name – Rene Magritte  Born – November 21, 1898  Died – August 15, 1967  County – Belgium  Medium – Painting  Artistic Style – Surrealism  Time Period – WWII Era  Known For – Juxtaposition of ordinary objects  Famous Artwork – “The Son of Man”

3. Magritte’s Style  Painted in a Surreal style.  Consummate Technician.  His work frequently displays a juxtaposition of ordinary objects.  Fond of bowler hats and overcoats.

4. Surrealism  Implies going beyond realism, deliberately courted the bizarre and irrational to express buried truths unreachable by logic.  A few artists along with Magritte used scrupulously realistic techniques to present hallucinatory scenes that defy common sense.

5. Examples of Magritte’s Surreal Art Pieces.

6. Golconde 1953

7. The Treachery of Images 1928

8. What is Rene Magritte most famous for?

9. The Son of Man 1964 Magritte painted it as a self- portrait. The painting consists of a man in a suit and a bowler hat standing in front of a small wall, beyond which is the sea and a cloudy sky. The man's face is largely obscured by a hovering green apple. About the painting Magritte said, “Everything we see hides another thing, we always want to see what is hidden by what we see, but it is impossible. Humans hide their secrets too well....”