René Magritte was a painter from Lessines, in Belgium. His pictures put ordinary things in the wrong place: a pipe that is not a pipe, a sky where a face might be. The Magritte Museum in Brussels holds a large share of them. He died in 1967. The paintings are the gallery half of a page.
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Fotografie
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Gând
A sample thought. A colleague would remember the work, and the way it was done.
Paul
Gând
A sample thought. The family would write here what they still say at the table.
Elena
Poveste
The walk home
This is a sample story, so the page can show a longer memory. A daughter would write the walk home, the song in the kitchen, and the sentence that is still repeated.
Anna
Lumânare
A lasting sample light, so the page is not dark.
Elena
Lumânare
A sample candle left beside the story.
Anna
Videoclipuri
A recording the family kept
A sample film for René Magritte. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
A song they loved
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for René Magritte.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born in Lessines
René Magritte was born in Lessines.
Cronologie
The Treachery of Images
He painted The Treachery of Images, the picture of a pipe with the line that it is not one.
Cronologie
Died in Brussels
He died in Brussels. The museum in that city is the public room of the work.
Întâlnire
An evening of remembrance
A sample gathering for René Magritte. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1898
1929
1967