1898–1967

René Magritte

Belgian Surrealist whose deadpan, illusionistic paintings interrogated the relationship between image, object and language.

Exhibitions: De ou par René Magritte: Art in Belgium, 1920-1975, Chicago, September 2, 2014 to November 10, 2014; Magritte: The Mystery of the Ordinary 1926–1938, Chicago, June 24, 2014 to October 13, 2014.