List of paintings by René Magritte

This is a list of the works of Belgian painter René Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967), a key surrealist painter known for the wittiness of his work.

Paintings This list includes paintings attributed to Magritte.

1898–1925: Early years ImageTitleYearLocationMediumDimensions ()NotesNude1919Brachot Gallery, BrusselsOil on canvas40 × 29 cmLandscape1920Oil on canvas83 × 64 cmPortrait of Pierre BourgeoisOil on canvasBathers1921Oil on canvas55 × 38 cmPortrait of Pierre BroodcoorensOil on canvasL'Écuyère1922Oil on canvas63 × 90 cmAlso known as The StationThe ModelPalais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, CharleroiOil on canvas40 × 29 cmAlso known as Woman BathingDonna1923Oil on canvas46 × 38 cmGeorgette at the PianoBrachot Gallery, BrusselsOil on canvas44 × 36.5 cmModernOil on canvasSelf-portraitOil on canvasNight LifeOil on canvas50.1 × 40.2 cmThree Nudes in an InteriorOil on canvas59.5 × 55.5 cmYouth1924Oil on canvas50.5 × 41 cmAdvertisements for "Norine"1925Gouache on paperConsists of 4 paintingsThe BatherPalais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, CharleroiOil on canvas50 × 100 cmBlue CinemaPrivate collectionOil on canvas65 × 54cmNocturneOil on canvas65 × 75 cmReclining NudeOil on canvasThe WindowOil on canvasUntitledPrivate collectionCollage55 × 40 cm

1926–1930: Paris ImageTitleYearLocationMediumDimensions ()CommentsWreckage of the Dark1926Musée de Grenoble, GrenobleOil on canvas120 × 80 cmPopular Panorama1926Oil on canvas120 × 80 cmSilvered Chasm1926Oil on canvas75 × 65 cmFamous Man1926Oil on canvas65 × 81 cmThe Difficult Crossing1926Private collectionOil on canvas80 cm × 65.3 cmThe Birth of the Idol1926Private collectionOil on canvasSensational News1926Oil on canvas62 × 81 cmDesert Catapult1926Oil on canvas75 × 65 cm1926Nationalgalerie, BerlinOil and pencil on canvas80.3 × 70 cmPortrait of Paul Nougé1927Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, BrusselsOil on canvas95 × 65 cmForest1927Musée de l’art wallon, LiègeOil on canvas100 × 73 cmTable, Ocean and Fruit1927Oil on canvas50 × 65 cmTaste for the Invisible1927Oil on canvas100 × 73 cmDouble Secret1927Musée National d'Art Moderne, ParisOil on canvas114 × 162 cmAlso known as Meaning of Night1927Menil Collection, HoustonOil on canvas139 × 105 cmThe Murderous Sky1927Musée National d'Art Moderne, ParisOil on canvas73 × 100 cmAlso known as Female Thief1927Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, BrusselsOil on canvas100 × 73 cmPrince of Objects1927Oil on canvas with collaged canvas50 × 65 cmThe Menaced Assassin1927Museum of Modern Art, New York CityOil on canvas150.4 × 195.2 cmThe Adulation of Space1927-1928Private collectionOil on canvas81 cm × 116 cmPalace of Curtains1928Oil on canvas81 × 116 cmVoice of Silence1928Oil on canvas54 × 73 cmAcrobat's Ideas1928Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, MunichOil on canvas116 × 81 cmSwift Hope1928Hamburger Kunsthalle, HamburgOil on canvas49.5 × 64 cmFlowers of the Abyss I1928Oil on canvas54 × 73 cmFlood1928Oil on canvas73 × 54 cmAcrobat's Rest1928Oil on canvas54 × 73 cmApparition1928Galerie BrusbergOil on canvas54 × 73 cmDelights of Landscape1928Oil on canvas54 × 73 cmLovers II1928National Gallery of Australia, CanberraOil on canvas54 × 73 cmObsession1928Nationalgalerie, BerlinOil on canvas81 × 116 cm1928Buffalo AKG Art Museum, BuffaloOil on canvas83.82 × 68.58 × 7.62 cmThe Voice of Silence1928Worcester Art Museum, WorcesterOil on canvas54 × 73 cmAlso known as Flowers of the Abyss II1928Oil on canvas41 × 27 cmMagic Light1928Oil on canvas54 × 73 cmSix Elements1928Philadelphia Museum of Art, PhiladelphiaOil on canvas73 × 100 cmAttempting the Impossible1928Oil on canvas116 × 81 cmLost World1928Kunstmuseum Winterthur, WinterthurOil on canvas54.5 × 73.5 cmApparition1928Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, StuttgartOil on canvas82.5 × 116 cmPalace of Curtains III1928-29Museum of Modern Art, New YorkOil on canvas81.2 × 116.4 cmPortrait of Paul-Gustave van Hecke1928Oil on canvas65 × 50 cmThe Lovers1928Museum of Modern Art, New YorkOil on canvas54 × 73.4 cmThe False Mirror1928Museum of Modern Art, New YorkOil on canvas54 × 80.9 cmThe Empty Mask1928National Museum Cardiff, CardiffOil on canvas81.2 cm × 116.2 cm1929Deji Art Museum, NanjingOil on canvasLiteral Meaning II1929Menil Collection, HoustonOil on canvas73 × 54 cm.Literal Meaning IV1929Oil on canvas73 × 54 cmLiteral Meaning VI1929Oil on canvas54 × 73 cmThe Treachery of Images1929Oil on canvas55 × 72 cmAlso known as This is not a PipeTree of Knowledge1929Oil on canvas41 × 27 cmThe Eternally Obvious1930Menil Collection, HoustonOil on five separately stretched and framed canvases mounted on acrylic sheet167.6 × 38.1 × 55.9 cmAlso known as 1930Private collection (Vienna)Oil on canvas81 × 60 cmDepths of the Earth1930Oil on canvas: four canvases framed and mounted on glass12 × 22 cm; 16 × 22 cm; 22 × 16 cm; 19 × 24 cmPortrait of E.L.T. Mesens1930Oil on canvas73 × 54 cm

1931–1942: Brussels ImageTitleYearLocationMediumDimensions ()CommentsElective Affinities1933Private collectionOil on canvas21 × 33 cmThe Human Condition1933National Gallery of Art, Washington DCOil on canvas100 cm × 81 cmThe Portrait1935Museum of Modern Art, New YorkOil on canvas53.3 × 50.2 cmOn the Threshold of Liberty1937 Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoOil on canvas238.8 cm × 185.4 cmNot to be Reproduced1938Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, RotterdamOil on canvas81 cm × 65 cmTime Transfixed1938Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoOil on canvas147 cm × 99 cmThe Palace of Memories1939Private collectionOil on canvas46 cm × 38 cmThe Key of the Fields1936Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, MadridOil on canvas80 × 60 cmAlso known as

1943–1947: Sunlit period ImageTitleYearLocationMediumDimensions ()CommentsThe Rape1945Musée National d'Art Moderne, ParisOil on canvasAlso known as

1947–1948: Vache period ImageTitleYearLocationMediumDimensions ()CommentsEllipse1948Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, BrusselsOil on canvasThe Empire of LightPrivate collection, BrusselsOil on canvas100 x 80 cmSuccession of 17 oil paintings

1949–1960: Mature period ImageTitleYearLocationMediumDimensions ()CommentsThe Empire of Light II1950Museum of Modern Art, New York CityOil on canvas79 x 99 cmThe SeducerVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, RichmondOil on canvas38 cm × 46 cmThe Listening Room1952Menil Collection, HoustonOil on canvas45 cm × 55 cmGolconda1953Menil Collection, HoustonOil on canvas80 cm × 100 cmThe Good Example1953Museum of Grenoble, GrenobleOil on canvas46.5 x 35.5 cmThe Empire of Light1954Peggy Guggenheim Collection, VeniceOil on canvas195 x 131 cmThe Mysteries of the Horizon1955Private collectionOil on canvas50 cm × 65 cm16th September1956Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, AntwerpOil on canvas115 cm × 88 cmThe Alarm Clock1957Private collectionOil on canvas62.5 cm × 52 cmThe Castle of the Pyrenees1959Israel Museum, JerusalemOil on canvas200 cm × 145 cm

1961–1967: Later years ImageTitleYearLocationMediumDimensions ()CommentsHigh Society1962Oil on canvasThe Difficult Crossing1963Private collectionOil on canvasThe TelescopeMenil Collection, HoustonOil on canvas176 cm × 115 cmThe Son of Man1964Private collectionOil on canvas116 cm × 89 cm

References

External links René Magritte Museum, Brussels Rene Magritte: List of works