René MagritteBélgica, 1898–1967The Menaced Assassin
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El asesino amenazado (en francés: L'Assassin menacé) es una obra temprana del pintor surrealista belga René Magritte de 1927.
Se ve una mujer desnuda con la boca manchada de sangre, tendida sobre un sofá. El asesino mencionado en el título, un hombre bien vestido, está listo para irse, con su abrigo y sombrero cerca en una silla junto a su maletín. Sin embargo, se demora escuchando tranquilo y relajado, el sonido de un gramófono sobre la mesa. Mientras tanto, afuera dos hombres igualmente bien vestidos esperan, uno con una porra el otro con una red, para atraparlo mientras otros tres hombres observan desde el balcón al fondo del cuarto, ante un paisaje de montañas nevadas. Se dice que el gramófono está reproduciendo los gritos de la mujer asesinada. Es una composición aparentemente sencilla a primera vista, típica de Magritte y del arte surrealista en general.
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- Número de inventario
- 247.1966
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- MoMA
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Mientras tanto, en la vida de René Magritte
La vida entera1925
A contract with the Brussels gallery Le Centaure
A three-year contract with Galerie Le Centaure freed him from advertising work and let him devote himself entirely to painting.
1927
Meets Breton and joins the Surrealist circle
In Paris he became friends with André Breton and joined his Surrealist circle, where he kept his individuality yet found his recognisable style. He was not afraid to argue with the others: he disliked psychoanalysis, especially in art, regarding his own work as philosophical and poetic rather than psychological.
1927
Moves to Paris after the failed exhibition
Depressed by the failure of the exhibition, he left for Paris with Georgette and stayed there for about three years.
1927
First solo exhibition — and a failure
His first solo exhibition opened in Brussels; the reviews were poor, and Magritte was depressed by the failure.
1929
A contract with the Goemans Gallery in Paris
In 1929 the Goemans Gallery in Paris put Magritte under contract, together with Jean Arp and Yves Tanguy.
15 December 1929
The essay “Words and Images” in the Surrealists’ journal
On 15 December 1929 the last issue, No. 12, of La Révolution surréaliste carried Magritte’s essay “Les mots et les images”, in which words play with images in step with his “The Treachery of Images”.
