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MAGRITTE cushion cover - The Treachery of Images (red)

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Dimensions : 45 x 45 cm.
90% cotton, 5% Polyester.

Since 1878 Jules Pansu has been creating and weaving collections of textil products for home decoration. In 1994, Jules Pansu launched a collection of Home accessories created in its mill of Flanders by the «Best Craftmen in France» (Meilleurs Ouvriers de France) who perpetuate the art of weaving on jacquard looms.

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René Magritte

Additional cultural and artistic information about the artist

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Main works

"The Treachery of Images (1929)", "The Son of Man (1964)", "Golconda (1953)", "16 September (1956)" (and many others, as each work by Magritte is a story in itself).

Artistic movements

Surrealism

Inspiration, influence

De Chirico and his "Chant d'amour (1914)". René Magritte said of this work: "My eyes saw thought for the first time."

His contemporaries

All the Surrealists, whether they are Belgian or French, from André Breton to Salvador Dali!

To keep in mind

Magritte worked all his life to make people recognize the power of representation, while wanting the viewer to be fully aware that it is just that: a representation, an image... Long before the philosophers, Magritte warned against a society of spectacle and tried to teach us the rules of the game...

To go further

René Magritte is undoubtedly one of the masters of surrealism. He is less cerebral (and less inclined towards psychoanalysis) than Dali, funnier than André Breton, and much more familiar than De Chirico. In fact, Magritte is a surrealist who is easy to understand and love...

Biography of René Magritte