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This is Magritte
Patricia Allmer
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Description for This is Magritte
Hardback. Belgian artist Rene Magritte's life is infused with bizarre moments: a surreal journey oscillating between fact and fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man. He would shape his own life story to be its own surreal work of art. This book tells his story. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Belgian artist Rene Magritte's biography is a key element of his art. His life is infused with bizarre moments: a surreal journey oscillating between fact and fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man. The events of Magritte's childhood played an important part in creating the surrealist, but it was his popular culture borrowings from crime fiction, advertising and postcards that has made his work instantly recognizable. The often unreliable nature of Magritte's accounts of his own life have transformed his public image into a kind of fictional character rather ... Read more
Belgian artist Rene Magritte's biography is a key element of his art. His life is infused with bizarre moments: a surreal journey oscillating between fact and fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man. The events of Magritte's childhood played an important part in creating the surrealist, but it was his popular culture borrowings from crime fiction, advertising and postcards that has made his work instantly recognizable. The often unreliable nature of Magritte's accounts of his own life have transformed his public image into a kind of fictional character rather ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Condition
New
Series
This is
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780678504
SKU
9781780678504
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About Patricia Allmer
Patricia Allmer is Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. She has presented and published widely on Surrealism. She is curator of the award-winning Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism (Manchester Art Gallery, 2009) and author of Rene Magritte: Beyond Painting (2009). Iker Spozio is an illustrator, engraver and painter who lives and works in Spain. ... Read more
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