Rene Magritte is one of the best known Surrealist painters and loved turning expectations on their heads. Which could explain A LOT about some of the more unsavory parts of his life!
And we’ll find out how he turned a simple view of a front lawn into something mind-blowing!
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SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT)
“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo
Episode theme is “Menuet antique” composed by Maurice Ravel. Performed by Luis Sarro. Courtesy of musopen.org
https://musopen.org/music/4704-menuet-antique/
https://musopen.org/music/performer/luis-sarro/
https://musopen.org/music/composer/maurice-ravel/
Artwork information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.70170.html
Magritte information
Morris, Desmond. The Lives of the Surrealists London;: Thames & Hudson, 2018.
Elliott, Patrick. Another World : Dalí, Magritte, Míro and the Surrealists. Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 2010. Print.
What You Need to Know about René Magritte (Artsy article)
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-rene-magritte
René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War, Paul Simon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lj5RgpgfPE
Slow Art Day http://www.slowartday.com