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Empire of Light |
Rene Magritte born 1898 in Belgium, died 1967. Magritte was considered a Surrealist.
Frankly, most of his paintings do not appeal to me but Empire of Light resonates with me.
The sky shouts "4:00 in the afternoon" and the house, tree and pond whisper "Half hour after sunset"
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These two paintings are more typical of his output. It just goes to show that just because an artist is famous for belonging to a particular "school", they might surprise you every once in a whiile. |
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