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Born: November 21, 1898

Died: August 15, 1967

Artistic Period: Surrealism

Magritte reflected the Surrealist Art Period by painting erotically explicit objects juxtaposed in dreamlike surroundings.

5 Biographical Details:

When he was 13, his mother committed suicide.

His first surreal painting is "The Lost Jockey."

He was a Communist and agnostic.

He was the eldest son of Leopold and Regina Magritte.

He died of pancreatic cancer.

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Date: 1964

Country of Origin: Belgium

Art Period: Surrealism

Materials: Oil paint on canvas

#74 Adam and Eve
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Depicts natural background

Contains an apple

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Religious vs. non-religious

Woodcut print vs. painting

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Date: 1936

Country of Origin: Belgium

Art Period: Surrealism

Materials: Oil paint on canvas

#68 Arnolfini Portrait
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Contains image of artist painting

Portraits

Displays domestic setting (in a home & in a art studio)

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Painting of couple vs. individual

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Date: 1928

Country of Origin: France

Art Period: Surrealism

Materials: Oil paint on canvas

#34 Doryphoros
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Contropposto

Nude figure

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Painting vs. sculpture

450 B.C.E. vs. 1928