Magritte: Colour Library - Softcover

Calvocoressi, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714827606 ISBN 13: 9780714827605

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 1998

Synopsis

The paintings of the Belgian Surrealist Rene Margritte (1898-1967) have exerted an extraordinary fascination, particularly since the enormous increase in awareness and popularity of his work during the 1960s. Margritte shows us a world of silence and isolation in which familiar objects are altered or juxtaposed in "impossible" combinations in order to create a sense of disorientation and the absurd. Many of the most memorable paintings date from the three prolific years 1927-30, when he lived near Paris and was in close touch with the writer Andre Brenton and other French Surrealists.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Calvocoressi has been director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art since 1987. In May 2007 he will move to head up the Henry Moore Foundation in Hertfordshire.

Review:

On the Colour Library Series "Ideal introductions for students and museum-goers."-Independent "Phaidon's excellent Colour Library series: [...] a good introduction to nearly 50 key artists and movements in art history."-Antiques Trade Gazette "The Phaidon Colour Library Series provides an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history."-Art & Craft

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0714827606
• ISBN 13: 9780714827605
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128