René MagritteBelgian, 1898–1967Saluting the Flag
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J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
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About the work
René Magritte and four male friends standing near water, hands raised in mock salute. (From left to right, Paul Colinet, René Magritte, Louis Scutenaire, Paul Nougé, and Paul Magritte)
J. Paul Getty Museum
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- Accession number
- 85.XM.517.8
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- Image: J. Paul Getty Museum — ; In Copyright
Meanwhile, in the life of René Magritte
The whole life1930s
The patronage of Edward James
The British Surrealist patron Edward James let Magritte stay rent-free in his London home, where he studied architecture and painted; James is depicted in two paintings of 1937, “The Pleasure Principle” and “Not to Be Reproduced”.
1930–1954 · Residence
René Magritte House
1934
Alice Lorge buys “Black Magic”
Suzanne Spaak’s sister Alice Lorge bought “La Magie noire” — the first of a series of eleven paintings showing Georgette Berger in a classical nude pose; Claude Spaak commissioned portraits of his wife and children from Magritte.
1934–1937
Film posters under the pseudonym Emair
From 1934 to 1937 he drew film posters under the pseudonym Emair for the German sound-film distributor Tobis Klangfilm; seven of them are preserved in the Leuven City Archive.
1936
First solo exhibition in the United States
In 1936 his first solo exhibition in the United States was held at the Julien Levy Gallery in New York.
1936–1940
An affair with Sheila Legge and a marriage in crisis
In 1936 Magritte met the young performance artist Sheila Legge and began an affair with her; he arranged for his friend Paul Colinet to entertain and distract Georgette, but this led to an affair between Georgette and Colinet. The couple did not reconcile until 1940.
