René MagritteBelgique, 1898–1967L'énigme
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J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, États-Unis
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- Le musée
À propos de l’œuvre
A group of men and women, from left to right: Angèle Sanders, Irène Hamoir, Paul Colinet, Louis Scutenaire and René Magritte. Sander, Hamoir, and Colinet are seated on a sofa with Scutenaire standing behind them and Magritte sitting in a chair across from them. Hamoir is leaning forward with both hands on her ankle. The rest of the group is looking at her ankle.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Notice
- Numéro d’inventaire
- 85.XM.521.2
Au catalogue
Sources
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Image : J. Paul Getty Museum — ; In Copyright
Pendant ce temps, chez René Magritte
La vie entière1930–1954 · Résidence
René Magritte House
1947–1948
Fake Picassos and forged banknotes
During the lean postwar years Magritte supported himself by producing fake Picassos, Braques and de Chiricos, later expanding into the printing of forged banknotes; he did it together with his brother Paul and the Surrealist Marcel Mariën, his “surrogate son”, who was left with the task of selling it all.
late 1948
Returns to his pre-war imagery
At the end of 1948 Magritte returned to the style and themes of his pre-war Surrealist art.
