Chronology of René Magritte (1898～1967)
1898_René Francois Magritte in November Born on the 21st in Lena, Belgium. His father is a businessman and his mother is a tailor.
In 1910, Magritte came into contact with painting education for the first time and participated in Chatelet's children's painting class.
In 1912, when Magritte was 14 years old, his mother committed suicide (at the age of 42). Magritte was deeply impressed by the sight of his mother's face covered with clothing. Many of the figures he painted throughout his life had no faces or were obscured by objects.
In 1913, Magritte met Georgette Bergé, who later became his wife. She was born on February 22, 1901. She was the model for many of the beautiful female nudes created by the painter. Magritte loved his wife so much that he broke off relations with Breton because of his disrespect for her.
1916_Study for two years at the Brussels Academy of Arts. He studied under the Symbolist painters Van Damme, Guibert, Combas and Montard. Met the great painter Victor Severonx.
In 1919, Magritte met the avant-garde artist and poet Pierre Bourgeois and the brothers Victor Bourgeois, and the abstract painter Pierre-Louis Froquet. . Magritte published with them the journal Manipulation, which played a role in the formation of Futurism.
1920_ Held a lecture in Brussels on the Dutch group "De Stijl" and his own purist ideas.
In 1921, Magritte served in the military in Antwerp and completed three portraits of troop commanders.
1922_Married Georgette Badgett in June. Recommended by the painter Severanx, Magritte worked as a graphic designer in a printing house in Brussels, and together with Severanx wrote "Pure Art: In Defense of Aesthetics". The cover design for the poetry collection of poet Pierre Bourgeois combines Orphic and Cubist styles.
In 1923, Magritte left the printing factory and concentrated on advertising design for exhibitions.
1924_Sold his first work: a portrait of the singer Evelyne Brelia. In the same year, the 19th issue of "391", an important Dada publication, published Magritte's artistic remarks; he met Camille Gomain and Marcel Leconte.
1925_Published only one issue of the Dadaist magazine "Food Basket" with Mason; admired de Chirico's "Song of Love"; wrote essays for Marcel Leconte Illustrated the collection "Application"; designed the cover for Mason's music album; met Paul Roger and the musician Andre Souris.
1926_ Completed the first surrealist work "The Lost Jockey"; entered the "Boutique" gallery in Brussels; published a critical article "Some Despicable" with the Belgian surrealist artist *** Acts" and "The Grooms of the Eiffel Tower."
In 1927, he and his wife moved to Paris and opened a gallery; he integrated into the French Surrealist group and met Breton, Dali, Arp, Eluard, Miro and others; the critic Van Eyck published The article about Magritte "Magrite: Painter of Abstract Thinking" (published in the March issue of "Boutique" magazine); met Louis Scunel and formed a deep friendship with him.
In 1928, Magritte’s father passed away (at the age of 58); the Grenoble Municipal Art Museum in France purchased Magritte’s work "The Remains of the Shadow". This year was Magritte's most prolific.
1929_Stayed at Dali’s house with Paul Eluard and Gala Eluard (later Gala Eluard became Dali’s wife); published in the magazine "Surrealist Revolution" "The cover of the last issue (December 15th) featured the famous composite photography "Hidden Woman" (also known as "I Can't See This Woman"). This issue also published Magritte's article "Words and Images".
In 1930, due to the cold attitude of the Paris art circle, Magritte returned to Brussels to settle down, founded the "Dogo" studio, and restarted advertising design.
In 1932, he joined the Belgian Communist Party for the first time (later quitting several times due to differences of opinion), and wrote articles for the left under the pseudonym Florent Berge.
1934_A gouache work was published on the cover of the August 3rd issue of Belgium's "International Briefing on Surrealism".
1935_Paul Eluard published the poem "Reni Magritte" in the 5th and 6th issues of "Cahiers des Arts"; in the same year, Breton published "What is Surrealism" in Paris ” book, the cover uses Magritte’s work “The Traumatization”.
In 1936, he rejoined the Belgian Communist Party organization.
In 1937, he painted three large portraits for London banker Edward James; participated in a seminar hosted by Mason in London; and held the exhibition "Young Belgian Artists".
In 1939, he designed the cover illustration for Louis Scunel's collection of poems "Breaking the Mirror"; the image of Hitler appeared in a poster design, intelligently expressing his anti-fascist stance.
In 1940, he moved to Carcassonne, France, entered the so-called "Renoir period" (i.e., the Impressionist period, which lasted until 1944), began to compose "Prelude", and actively participated in "Collective" edited by Buck. creation".
1941_ Illustrated the poetry collection "Virtue and Sleep" published by Paul Eluard.
1943_Completed the first work of the "Renoir Period". Critic Marian published a monograph on Magritte and introduced 23 works of Magritte in the "Renoir Period".
1945_Joined the Belgian Communist Party for the last time; Breton's "Surrealism and Painting" was republished, with Magritte's "Red Model" on the cover; this The exhibition held in Brussels in 2001 established his position as a leader in Belgian Surrealism.
1946_The first book showing the flourishing development of Surrealism signed by Bousquet, Marian, Michel, Roger, Scunel and Magritte*** "Continuing the Exploration" was published; due to the dissatisfaction of the Paris Surrealist group and Breton due to the publication of the book, Magritte distanced himself from these friends of his. Later, Magritte and Marian anonymously published "Vulgar Flyers" and made the cover of New York's "Observation" magazine, which was edited by the latter and introduced Belgian Surrealism; due to Magritte's publication of "Vibrant Surrealism" In one article, people used "sunshine" to describe his impressionist style creations.
In 1947, Magritte withdrew from the Belgian Communist Party organization for the last time and permanently.
In 1948, he held a solo exhibition in Paris, which reflected a new attitude towards painting. His style was named "Cow", which was an allusion to the word "beast"; Gome Coaia in Chile Santiago publishes Eluard's new poem "To Magritte", illustrated with thirteen works of Magritte.
1951_Magritte created his first mural: the dome of the Theater Royal in Brussels.
1952_Completed the first postcard work "Postcards from Nature" (***10).
1953_The second mural "Wonderful Realm" was unveiled (designed for a playground).
In 1954, he held a solo exhibition "Words and Images" in the United States, which was an important success. Pop artists such as Rauschenberg, Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol have since highly praised and praised his works.
In 1955, he met Maurice Rabin, who made concise annotations for the publication of Magritte's letters.
In 1956, Magritte and Alexander Iolas signed an exclusive publishing rights contract (excluding portraits), and this person will be responsible for almost all private exhibitions of Magritte's paintings in the future. Hosted by Magritte; Magritte shot a series of "surrealist home movie" short films with a purchased movie camera. Some of the plots were created by Magritte and his friends, with his wife and friends guest starring; in this year , Magritte received the Guggenheim Prize in Brussels.
1957_ Completed the third mural "The Ignorant Fairy" (created for the Charleroi Palace of Arts); met the jurist Harry Totzner, who later became Magritte's legal adviser ; After several moves, he settled in Schaerbeek, Brussels, where he remained until his death.
1959_The paintings were exhibited simultaneously in two important galleries in New York, and Duchamp wrote an introduction text for his invitation card. At the painter's residence, Luc d'Oise filmed the film "Rene Magritte: Lessons from Reality", which was screened the following year.
1961_Completed the fourth mural "Mysterious Roadblock" (Brussels Parliament Building).
1965_Health problems occurred. In December, Magritte went to the United States for the first and last time to attend a retrospective exhibition held for him at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and other places.
In 1966, he went to Cannes, Milan and other places, and finally to Israel.
In 1967, he waxed eight of his own bronze sculptures in Verona, Italy, but was not able to see them completed. These works were later exhibited in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
On August 15, 1967, Magritte passed away forever at the age of 69 due to ineffective treatment for pancreatic cancer.