René Magritte Reihenfolge der Bücher

The first ever publication of writings by Magritte in the English language. It provides a fascinating and intimate glimpse into the life of the renowned Belgian painter

When René Magritte reached his 40s, something unexpected happened. The painter, who had honed an iconic Surrealist style between 1926 and 1938, suddenly started making paintings that looked almost nothing like his earlier work. First he adopted an Impressionist aesthetic, borrowing the sweet, hazy palette of Pierre-Auguste Renoir—which he…

"In this beautiful monograph, a collection of revelatory essays focuses on five common images in René Magritte's work-fire, shadows, curtains, words, and the fragmented body. Featuring vibrant reproductions of more than 100 works, this book helps readers understand how the artist employed these images in ways both deceptive and realistic. The book explores how he distorted accepted interpretations of classic symbols; why he so often used words as elements of his paintings; and how he applied aspects of the theater in his works. As Magritte's paintings have become subsumed by the very commercialism they sought to ridicule, this volume takes a fresh look at an artist whose familiarity masks an incredible gift for deception and rapier-like intellect"--

Available for the first time in an English translation, this selection gives non-Francophone readers the chance to encounter the many incarnations of renowned Belgian painter René Magritte - the artist, the man, the aspiring noirist, the fire-breathing theorist - in his own words. Through whimsical personal letters, biting apologia, appreciations of fellow artists, pugnacious interviews, farcical film scripts, prose poems, manifestos and much more, a new Magritte emerges: part Surrealist, part littérateur, part celebrity, part rascal. While this book is bound to appeal to admirers of Magritte's art and those who are curious about his personal life, there is also much to delight all readers interested in the history and theory of art, philosophy and politics, as well as lovers of creativity and the inner workings of a probing, inquisitive mind unrestricted by genre, medium or fashion.

Dieser Band wählt einen neuen Blick auf den großen belgischen Surrealisten René Magritte (1898–1967): Über 200 Meisterwerke aus allen Schaffensperioden des Künstlers werden in ein Alphabet geordnet, das nach dem Prinzip eines Lexikons in kurzen Beiträgen alle wichtigen Stichworte, Themen und Motive zum Werk Magrittes erläutert. Wer kennt sie nicht, die wiederkehrenden Objekte wie Apfel, Pfeife, Taube? Durch den alphabetischen Eintrag bekommen sie eine besondere Aufmerksamkeit. Der ungewöhnliche, assoziative Zugang des Alphabets erschließt die künstlerische und gedankliche Aussage von Magrittes Malerei, die spätere Malergenerationen nachhaltig beeinflusst hat und bis heute Rätsel aufgibt.

A beautiful hardbound book about the life and work of Rene Magritte, featuring the Magritte Museum. Full of rich text and vividly reproduced works on archival paper. From the flap (via Google Translate): "This book reflects the ambition and innovative approach of the Musée Magritte Museum, which is the fruit of an oath partnership between the Royal Museums for Clean Junctions of Belgium, the Rene Magritte Foundation, and GDF SUEZ. Thanks to these three partners, the museum has become a unique place and a necessary stage for the introduction to and the study of the work and life of the Belgian surrealist painter Rene Magritte."

Beautiful full-color pictures of Magritte's finest work including historical context.

"The Portable Magritte" represents a new approach to the enjoyment and study of art in book form. With more than 400 color reproductions and a compact handheld size, this book manages to be affordable and comprehensive. It's like a catalogue raisonne that fits in a backpack. This accessible format is a perfect match for the paintings of Rene Magritte-one of the few twentieth-century painters whose works are immediately approachable and who has an enduring cultlike following. His surrealistic and mysterious visions always provoke introspective thought and imagination. All of Magritte's most characteristic and beloved motifs-the green apple, the bowler hat, and the dreamlike twilight hour-make their appearance, along with some surprising lesser-known paintings. The artist's method and meaning is explored in an intriguing essay by Robert Hughes, the art critic for "Time" magazine and acclaimed commentator on art and culture. A hip and current update on this timeless artist, "The Portable Magritte" makes an ideal gift for students as well as art lovers of any age.

Kein anderer Künstler hat die verborgene Welt der menschlichen Träume so eindringlich darzustellen gewusst wie Rene Magritte. Seine geheimnisvollen Visionen legen das Unterbewusstsein des Menschen frei und fordern uns dazu heraus, unser Innerstes zu erforschen. Die vielfältige Formsprache Magrittes wie der berühmte grüne Apfel und die Melone, aber auch die unbekannteren Gemälde sind in vorliegendem Band vertreten.§Mit einer Einleitung von Robert Hughes, dem renommierten Autor und Kunstkritiker des "Time Magazine".