René MagritteBelgio, 1898–1967La durée poignardée (Time Transfixed)
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Il tempo pugnalato (La durée poignardée) è un dipinto del pittore surrealista belga René Magritte del 1938, conservato nell'Art Institute di Chicago.
Con le parole del museo
René Magritte painted Time Transfixed at a moment when he was attempting to elicit “poetic secrets” through his works. With both philosophy and psychology in mind, the artist challenged himself to juxtapose two images in such a way that they would suggest in the viewer’s mind a third un-pictured thing. Here he connected two highly disparate objects—a train and a fireplace—in a composition that became one of his most iconic works. Although the fireplace is domestic and the train is industrial, they are linked by the smoke. Magritte understood that viewers would connect the locomotive’s billowing exhaust with the plumes of smoke that travel up chimneys, uncovering the painting’s poetic secret.
This is one of thirty-five works that comprise the Winterbotham Collection. Click here to learn more about the collection.
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- 1970.426
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- Art Institute of Chicago
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Nel frattempo, nella vita di René Magritte
Tutta la vita1930s
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 · Residenza
René Magritte House
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.
1938
Exhibition at the London Gallery
In 1938 an exhibition of his work was held at the London Gallery, following the New York solo show of 1936.
from 1940
Stays in occupied Brussels and breaks with Breton
During the German occupation of Belgium Magritte remained in Brussels, which led to a break with Breton.
