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Rene Magritte (1898-1967)
Recognition
Meantime, the bankrupt gallery's stock of 200 or so paintings by Magritte was purchased by his friend ELT Mesens, a fellow Belgian artist and the director of what would be his future London gallery.
Empire of light de rene magritte biography
Mesens championed Magritte's work in Britain during the 1930s, while the artist continued to exhibit with the Surrealist group. Further recognition came in America. In 1936, Magritte had his first exhibition in New York, which was very successful, after which his fame was secure.
During the Second World War Magritte remained in Brussels, practising a colourful, painterly style known as his "Renoir Period".
This was followed by other temporary interludes, including a Fauvism period in the later 1940s, featuring works characterized by violent colour and grotesque imagery. However, in late 1948 he returned to the style and themes of his pre-war painting.
In that year he gained international recognition when he agreed a contra