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Biography |
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1898 |
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Born in the small town of Lessines, a cosmopolitan area of Belgium |
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1916 - 1918 |
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Studied at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Brussels |
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1922 |
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Married Georgette Berger |
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1923 |
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Sells his first painting, a portrait of the singer Evelyne Brélia |
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1925 |
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Painted first major surrealist work, 'Le Jockey Perdu' (The Lost Jockey) |
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1927 |
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Magritte and Georgette move to Paris to be closer to the Surrealists and becomes friends with Andre Breton |
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1967 |
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Died in Brussels, August 15 |
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Exhibitions |
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2008 |
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La photographie timbree, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris |
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2007 |
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25 Years Brusberg Berlin, Galerie Brusberg Berlin, Berlin |
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2006 |
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Degas to Picasso - Modern Masters, MFA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA |
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2005 |
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The Eye of the Collector, the Wishes of the Donor, the Spirit of the Philanthrop, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA |
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2004 |
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The Invisible Revealed, The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY |
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2003 |
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Dada and Surrealism, Bildmuseet, Umea |
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2002 |
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Behind the Surrealist Curtain: Sex, Sensuality and Silence |
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2001 |
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In the Rough, Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Porto |
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2000 |
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Surreale Welten - Von Piranesi bis Dubuffect, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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1999 |
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Surrealism - Two Private Eyes, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
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1967 |
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exhibition in the Galerie Iolas in Paris |
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1965 |
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retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York |
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1927 |
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first solo exhibition at the Galérie Le Centaure |
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