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René Magritte

1898 - 1967

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René François Ghislain Magritte (French: [ʁəne fʁɑ̃swa ɡilɛ̃ maɡʁit]; 21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. His imagery has influenced pop art, minimalist art, and conceptual art. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. René Magritte is the 52nd most popular painter (down from 38th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 7th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Painter.

René Magritte is most famous for his surrealist paintings that often depict ordinary objects in an unusual context.

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Among painters, René Magritte ranks 52 out of 2,023. Before him are Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Caspar David Friedrich, Anthony van Dyck, Andrea del Verrocchio, Fra Angelico, and Paul Klee. After him are Artemisia Gentileschi, Georges Braque, Camille Pissarro, Jean-Antoine Watteau, Giorgione, and Giovanni Bellini.

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Among people born in 1898, René Magritte ranks 8. Before him are Golda Meir, Erich Maria Remarque, Alvar Aalto, Federico García Lorca, Enzo Ferrari, and Sergei Eisenstein. After him are Stefania Turkewich, Umm Kulthum, Zhou Enlai, Leo Szilard, William James Sidis, and M. C. Escher. Among people deceased in 1967, René Magritte ranks 5. Before him are Che Guevara, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Puyi, and Konrad Adenauer. After him are Vivien Leigh, John Nance Garner, Albert Lutuli, Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, Ed White, Spencer Tracy, and Mohammad Mosaddegh.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, René Magritte ranks 14 out of 1,190. Before him are Ursula von der Leyen (1958), Philip I of Castile (1478), John of Gaunt (1340), Andreas Vesalius (1514), Anthony van Dyck (1599), and Gerardus Mercator (1512). After him are Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908), Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Orlande de Lassus (1534), Carlota of Mexico (1840), Guillaume Du Fay (1397), and Frans Hals (1582).

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Among PAINTERS In Belgium

Among painters born in Belgium, René Magritte ranks 3. Before him are Jan van Eyck (1395), and Anthony van Dyck (1599). After him are Frans Hals (1582), Rogier van der Weyden (1390), Pieter Brueghel the Younger (1564), Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Jacob Jordaens (1593), James Ensor (1860), Hugo van der Goes (1440), Quentin Matsys (1466), and Hubert van Eyck (1366).

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