Magritte

René Magritte was born on November 21, 1898 in Lessines, Belgium. As a child he grew up drawing and painting. He attended the Brussels Academy of Fine Arts from 1916-1918. After his three years of study, he began working as a designer for a wallpaper factory in Brussels. His employers, realizing his drawing talent, had Magritte sketch their advertisements.
He first became a member of the Belgian Surrealist movement after seeing a reproduction of Girgio de Chirico’s painting, The Song of Love. An art gallery in Brussels decided to support Magritte, and in 1926, he became a full-time painter. Unfortunately, his first show, in ...