Book (Practical) Magritte 400

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Art and Fine Arts
"There is no mystery that can be explained in my painting" / Conflict in the late middle age, discovery from confusion, challenge and deepening. / It is an epoch-making collection of works that describes the whole path of Magritte to become a "magician of image" / 400 points. / It is praised as a representative artist of 20th century Belgium / Surrealism master Rene Magritte. / It includes many works that will be published for the first time in Japan / It introduces carefully selected works that release reality, common sense and concepts in all colors. / He has a reputation as a representative artist of Belgium in the 20th century. / It includes many works that will be published for the first time in Japan. / It introduces carefully selected works that release reality, common sense and concepts in all colors. / He has been known as a bad boy in his childhood, suicide of his mother, encounter with his wife Georgette who is his first love. / He is a student who devoted himself to futurism and cubism. The fruit of surrealism, unknown and unfortunate period that sought impressionism and wild beasts. He continued to draw regularly and faced the deepening of his own style. / The painter who led an ordinary life that could be anyone's, left many works in his life with strong individuality that fascinate us even though he drew in a non-characteristic style that does not belong to anyone. It traces the trial of Magritte's life that continues to face words, ideas and images in an unprecedented scale of 400 works. / The author has a history of being a member of the Magritte Museum. He is an up-and-coming curator and art historian who is in charge of several projects that have been dedicated to Magritte. From the viewpoint of a researcher, he carefully selected 700 works from his lifetime work. From the viewpoint of a researcher, this book is made in collaboration with a publisher in Magritte's hometown Belgium. It is a must-read book for art fans that follows the life of a writer on an unprecedented scale. / Contents / 1919-1925 Abstract Paintings, Attempts to become a Schulreist / 1926-1930 Dark Ages / 1927-1930 Words and Images / 1931-1942 Selective Affinity / 1943-1947 Sunlight's Surrealism / 1948 The "The Cow (Bash)" Period / 1947-1967