René Magritte, has achieved great popular acclaim for his idiosyncratic approach to Surrealism.

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About his life
After attending art school in Brussels, Rene Magritte (November 21, 1898 – August 15, 1967) spent many years working as a commercial artist to support himself he. He produced advertising and book designs which most likely shaped his art, often characterized by the abbreviated impact of an advertisement.
While some French Surrealists led ostentatious lives, Magritte preferred the quiet anonymity of a middle-class existence, a life symbolized by the bowler-hatted men that often populate his pictures, which can be interpreted as self-portraits. In later years, he was castigated by his peers for some of his strategies (such as his tendency to produce multiple copies of his pictures), yet since his death his reputation has only improved.

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Identity and key concepts

The Treachery of Images (1929)
