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Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte was not only a master of the obvious, but of the obscure as well. Magritte used everyday objects, human habits and emotions in his paintings, and placed then in foreign contexts, questioning their familiar meanings and causing the viewer to do so as well. Magritte depicts the world of reality in such an unusual way, that I am forced to believe that the mystery of his work is not evoked by some sentimental transfiguration, but rather by his thoughts and associations. Magritte was born in 1898 in the small town of Lessines, a cosmopolitan area of Belgium that was greatly influenced by the French. Twelve years later, Magritte, along with his family, moved to Châtelet, where he studied sketching. During his childhood Magritte spent a great deal of time playing in a cemetery, in the underground vaults, trap doors and the such like. These childhood...

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