Rene Magritte Research Paper

Rene Magritte was born on the 21st of November 1898 in Lessines, Belgium. He was solely the most celebrated Belgian artist of the twentieth century, Rene Magritte has achieved great popular acclaim for his idiosyncratic approach to Surrealism.

The Belgian was the eldest child of Léopold Magritte, who was a textile merchant and a tailor, and Régina, who was a milliner before she got married. Despite Magritte’s successful life there is little known about his early life, although we know that at the youthful age of 12 he began drawing lessons which is linked to his rewarding career as a painter. Magritte’s life suffered a major setback in 1912 when his mother committed suicide – drowning herself in the river. The most confronting thing that occurred in his life was when he was only 13, as he was present by the riverside

Although on the other hand I find ‘On the Threshold of Liberty’ interesting. It’s harder to find out what is going on but it appears that the cannon is shooting out a painting and it is replaced by the outside which is a blue sky. I visualise that as the cannon is old and has finished shooting maybe that could be representing the end of WW1 and the new peace and wellbeing that the world has come under. But I find ‘The Son of Man’ more interesting and more intriguing than ‘On the Threshold of Liberty’.

Consider alternative readings of each artwork. Express your opinion of each artwork. Validate your opinion with reference to specific features of artworks – There are many features to consider in each artworks. An alternative reading of the son of man is that Magritte was not a very good painter of people’s faces. Because if the story of his mother’s dress over her face is truly a rumour then I believe that Magritte was just bad at painting people’s