René MagritteBelgien, 1898–1967The Thought Which Sees
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Museum of Modern Art
New York City, Vereinigte Staaten
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- Das Museum
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- Inventarnummer
- 261.1966
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Derweil im Leben von René Magritte
Das ganze Leben1960s
A surge of fame in the 1960s
In the 1960s public awareness of his work grew considerably; his imagery was frequently adapted or plagiarised in advertisements, posters and book covers.
1965
Retrospective at MoMA in New York
The Museum of Modern Art in New York held the first of three American retrospectives of Magritte’s work — the only one in his lifetime.
1967
Pancreatic cancer and an unfinished “Empire of Light”
He died of pancreatic cancer on 15 August 1967, aged 68, leaving unfinished a new version of his painting “The Empire of Light”.
15. August 1967
Died
