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René Magritte 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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| Selected 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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