Rene Magritte - Man with a newspaper,1928.

Rene Magritte 1898-1967

Rene Magritte - Man with a newspaper,1928.

huile sur toile - 115 x 81 cm

Tate,London

Rene Magritte - Attempting the impossible,1928.

huile sur toile- 105 x 81 cm

Private collection

Rene Magritte

The Empire of Lights,1954

A nocturnal scene under a daytime sky.
It is only at second glance that one becomes aware of the surreal nature of this apparently so true-to-life scene.
Magritte interpreted it as follows:
"I have reproduced different concepts in The Empire of Lights, namely a nocturnal landscape and a sky as we see it during the daytime.
The landscape leads us to think of night, the sky of day. In my opinion, this simultaneity of day and night has the power to surprise and to charm.
This power I call poetry."