
Magritte
RENÉ MAGRITTE (1898-1967) was born in Belgium. His father was a tailor. His mother drowned herself when René was 13. She was found with her dress covering her face, which may have inspired Magritte’s paintings of faces obscured by cloth. He studied art at the Academy in Brussels, which he found dull. His early works were often of female nudes, influenced by Futurism. In 1922 Magritte married his childhood friend Georgette Berger (they never had children). He needed work so Read More