Artist Influence – René Magritte

Posted on 16/01/2015 Updated on 15/01/2015

René Magritte is a surrealist painter, who is well-known for painting objects in places and situations where they shouldn’t. I’ve been interested in Magritte the past few years now, and I still enjoy going back and looking at his paintings from time to time; the surrealism in each of his paintings defies reality in makes you want to question your own reality.

My favourite of Magritte’s work is his `Time Transfixed,’ where the train is flying out of the fireplace. I enjoy this one for all the reasons that you think, why is the train so small, why is it flying out of the fireplace; these are the questions that Magritte would have wanted you to ask.

Magritte will always be one of the most well-known surrealist painters in the art world, and he will always be a great source of influence for me.

Text above is a mix of my own opinion and research of René Magritte.

Information and pictures found via the content below:

The essential René Magritte

In-text: (Alden and Magritte, 1999)

Bibliography: Alden, T. and Magritte, R. (1999). The essential René Magritte. New York: H.N. Abrams.