Biografie von René MAGRITTE (1898-1967)
Personal data
Birth : 11/21/1898 - Lessines, Belgium
Death : 08/15/1967 - Brussels, Belgium
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Belgium
Education
1916 – 1918 : Académie Royale des Beaux Arts – 114 Rue Du Midi – Brussels, Belgium
Professional data
Work and Life
1960:Visit to André Breton in Paris. Meeting with Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst and Man Ray.
1940:Magritte and his wife move to the south of France in Carcassonne.
1929:In Cadaquès, Spain, the Magritte family stays at the Dali’s in the company of Paul and Gala Eluard. Magritte contributes to the final issue of the “Révolution Surréaliste”.
1928:Magritte’s father dies.
1927:René and Georgette move to Perreux-sur-Marne near Paris. They make friends with Miró, Eluard, Breton and Arp.
1922:Marries Georgette Berger.
1913:Meets his future wife, Georgette Berger.
1912:Suicide of his mother. The family leaves for Charleroi.
Work
Categorie and medium
Painting : Movements and styles
SurrealismPhotosurrealism
Works
| Ceci n'est pas une pomme | |
| Date of creation : 1964 Medium : Oil/panel Size : 142 x 100 cm | |
| La voix du sang | |
| Date of creation : 1961 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 90 x 110 cm | |
| Les mémoires d'un saint | |
| Date of creation : 1960 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 80 x 100 cm | |
| La clef de verre | |
| Date of creation : 1959 Medium : Oil/canvas | |
| La chambre d'écoute | |
| Date of creation : 1958 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 38 x 46 cm | |
| Le 16 Septembre | |
| Date of creation : 1955 Medium : Gouache | |
| L'empire des lumières | |
| Date of creation : 1954 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 146 x 114 cm | |
| Le Viol | |
| Date of creation : 1945 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 65 x 50 cm | |
| Les Marches de l'été | |
| Date of creation : 1938 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 73 x 60 cm | |
| Le Modèle Rouge III | |
| Date of creation : 1937 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 136 x 183 cm | |
| La condition humaine | |
| Date of creation : 1933 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 100 x 81 cm | |
| Ceci n¿est pas une pipe | |
| Date of creation : 1928 Medium : Oil/canvas | |
| The False Mirror / Le Faux Miroir | |
| Date of creation : 1928 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 54 x 81 cm | |
| Man with a Newspaper / L'Homme au journal | |
| Date of creation : 1928 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 116 x 813 cm | |
| Querelle des universaux | |
| Date of creation : 1928 Medium : Oil/canvas Size : 54 x 73 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2005
René Magritte et la Photographie
Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten – Brussels, Belgium
02/23/2005 – 05/15/2005
2003
Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume – Paris, France
02/10/2003 – 06/09/2003
2002
Hiroshima Museum of Art – Hiroshima, Japan
10/26/2002 – 12/08/2002
Nagoya City Art Museum – Nagoya, Japan
09/01/2002 – 10/20/2002
A Mysterious Realm
Tokyu Bunkamura Inc. – Shibuya, Japan
08/06/2002 – 08/25/2002
2000
SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art – San Francisco CA, United States
05/05/2000 – 09/05/2000
1999
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art – Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
12/1999 – 03/2000
Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst – Humlebæk, Denmark
08/06/1999 – 11/28/1999
1998
Centenaire
Musées royaux des Beaux Arts de Belgique / Koninklijke Musea voor Schone Kunsten van België – Brussels, Belgium
03/06/1998 – 06/28/1998
1967
Galerie Alexandre Iolas – Paris, France
1967
Retrospective
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen – Rotterdam, Netherlands
1967
1965
Retrospective
MoMA Museum of Modern Art – New York NY, United States
1965
1948
Galerie d’Art du Faubourg – Paris, France
1948
1927
Galerie le Centaure – Brussels, Belgium
1927
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Van de Weghe Fine Art – 521 West 23 Rd Street – New York NY, United States
2004
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, n°31
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/21/2004 – 10/25/2004
Represented by : Timothy Baum – New York NY, United States
Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Faggionato Fine Arts – 49 Albemarle Street – London, United Kingdom
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Maxwell Davidson Gallery – 41 East 57th Street – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany
Art Chicago 2003
Navy Pier’s Festival Hall – Chicago IL, United States
05/09/2003 – 05/12/2003
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
ArtBrussels – 21st Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/04/2003 – 04/08/2003
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium
St’art – Foire d’art contemporain de Strasbourg, n°7
Parc des expositions du Wacken – Strasbourg, France
01/31/2003 – 02/03/2003
Represented by : La Louve – rue Saint Orban – L’Eglise, Belgium
2002
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Faggionato Fine Arts – 49 Albemarle Street – London, United Kingdom
FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Pascal Retelet – 838 route de La Colle – Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
2001
Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Van de Weghe Fine Art – 521 West 23 Rd Street – New York NY, United States
FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galleria d’Arte Contini – San Marco 2765 – Venice VE, Italy
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Brusberg Berlin – Kurfürstendamm 213 – Berlin, Germany
Art Innsbruck, n° 5
Innsbruck, Austria
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Galerie Oberweger – Montjolastrasse 22 – Schruns, Austria
13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Adam Baumgold Fine Art – 74 East 79th Street – New York NY, United States
Arte Fiera – Mostra Mercato d’Arte contemporanea
Quartiere Fieristico – Bologna BO, Italy
01/25/2001 – 01/29/2001
Represented by : Galleria Maggiore – Via d’Aglezio 15 – Bologna BO, Italy
Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : James Goodman Gallery – 41 East 57th Street, Suite 802 – New York NY, United States
2000
FIAC, n°27
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/25/2000 – 10/30/2000
Represented by : GAM Galerie d’Art – Place du Casino 7 Galerie du Sporting – Monte Carlo, Monaco
International Artexpo New York
Jacob K Javits Convention Center – New York NY, United States
03/09/2000 – 03/13/2000
Represented by : La Spirale – Via Marradi 1 – Milan MI, Italy
1998
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Levy – C Lopez de Hoyos, 38 – Madrid, Spain
1990
ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Isy Brachot – 35, rue Guénégaud – Paris, France
Group exhibitions
2004
D’Ensor à Magritte, dans les collections du musée de Gand
Musée Fleury – Lodève, France
11/20/2004 – 02/27/2005
2003
Exposition vente, André Breton, 42 rue Fontaine
Calmels Cohen – Drouot Richelieu – Paris, France
04/01/2003 – 04/18/2003
2002
Les Contrées du Silence
Musée Ingres – Montauban, France
2002
L’Herbier et le Nuage
MAC’s Grand-Hornu – Musée des Arts Contemporains – Hornu, Belgium
09/15/2002 – 01/05/2003
Surrealismus
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) – Düsseldorf, Germany
07/20/2002 – 11/24/2002
Tableaux Vivants
Kunsthalle Wien – Vienna, Austria
05/24/2002 – 08/25/2002
La Révolution Surréaliste
MNAM Musée National d’Art Moderne – Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou – Paris, France
03/06/2002 – 06/24/2002
2001
Surrealism : Desire Unbound
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
09/20/2001 – 12/16/2001
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Catalogues raisonnés
1997
René Magritte : Catalogue Raisonné Volume 5
Publisher: The Menil Collection – 1515 Sul Ross – Houston TX, United States
Author: Sylvester David
1997
1995
René Magritte : Catalogue Raisonné Volume 4 : Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Colles 1918-1967
Publisher: The Menil Collection – 1515 Sul Ross – Houston TX, United States
Author: Sylvester David
1995
1994
René Magritte : Catalogue Raisonné Volume 2 : Oil Paintings and Objects 1931-1948
Publisher: The Menil Collection – 1515 Sul Ross – Houston TX, United States
Author: Whitfield Sarah
1994
René Magritte : Catalogue Raisonné Volume 3 : Oil Paintings, Objects, and Bronzes 1949-1967
Publisher: The Menil Collection – 1515 Sul Ross – Houston TX, United States
Author: Whitfield Sarah
1994
1992
René Magritte : Catalogue Raisonné Volume 1 : Oil Paintings, 1916-1930
Publisher: The Menil Collection – 1515 Sul Ross – Houston TX, United States
Author: Sylvester David
1992
Monographies
1982
René Magritte. Signes et images
Author: Torczyner Harry
1982
Periodicals
2003
FRIMBOIS Jean-Pierre – Magritte selon Abadie
in: Art Actuel n° 24 p. 8
Paris, France
01/2003-02/2003
2001
HOPKINS David – Surrealism 2001
in: Art Monthly n° 251 p. 1
London, United Kingdom
11/2001
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