List of paintings by René Magritte

René Magritte
Born	René François Ghislain Magritte (1898-11-21)21 November 1898 Lessines, Belgium
Died	15 August 1967(1967-08-15) (aged 68) Brussels, Belgium
Nationality	Belgian
Known for	Painter
Notable work	The Treachery of Images The Son of Man The Human Condition Golconda The Menaced Assassin
Movement	Surrealism

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. ^[1]

Paintings

This list includes paintings attributed to Magritte.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

1898–1925: Early years

Image	Title	Year	Location	Medium	Dimensions (cm.)	Comments
	Nude	1919	Brachot Gallery, Brussels	oil on canvas	40 x 29 cm
	Landscape	1920		oil on canvas	83 x 64 cm
	Portrait of Pierre Bourgeois	1920		oil on canvas
	Bathers	1921		oil on canvas	55 x 38 cm
	Portrait of Pierre Broodcoorens	1921		oil on canvas
	L'Écuyère	1922		oil on canvas	63 x 90 cm	Also known as The Station
	The Model	1922	Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi	oil on canvas	40 x 29 cm	Also known as Woman Bathing
	Donna	1923		oil on canvas	46 x 38 cm
	Georgette at the Piano	1923	Brachot Gallery, Brussels	oil on canvas	44 x 36.5 cm
	Modern	1923		oil on canvas
	Self-portrait	1923		oil on canvas
	Night Life	1923		oil on canvas	50.1 x 40.2 cm
	Three Nudes in an Interior	1923		oil on canvas	59.5 x 55.5 cm
	Youth	1924		oil on canvas	50.5 x 41 cm
	Advertisements for "Norine"	1925		gouache on paper
	The Bather	1925	Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi	oil on canvas	50 x 100 cm
	Blue Cinema	1925	Private collection	oil on canvas	65 x 54cm
	Nocturne	1925		oil on canvas	65 × 75 cm
	Reclining Nude	1925		oil on canvas
	The Window	1925		oil on canvas
	Untitled	1925	Private collection	collage	55 x 40 cm

1926–1930: Paris

Image	Title	Year	Location	Medium	Dimensions (cm.)	Comments
	Wreckage of the Dark [2]	1926	Musée de Grenoble	Oil on canvas	120 x 80 cm
	Popular Panorama [3]	1926		Oil on canvas	120 x 80 cm
	Silvered Chasm [4]	1926		Oil on canvas	75 x 65 cm
	Famous Man [5]	1926		Oil on canvas	65 x 81 cm
	Sensational News [6]	1926		Oil on canvas	62 x 81 cm
	Desert Catapult [7]	1926		Oil on canvas	75 x 65 cm
	Rêve d'étudiant [8]	1926	Nationalgalerie. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg	Öl. Ripolin und Bleistift auf Leinwand	80.3 x 70 cm
	Portrait of Paul Nougé [9]	1927	Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique	Oil on canvas	95 x 65 cm
	Forest [10]	1927	Musée de l’art wallon	Oil on canvas	100 x 73 cm
	Table. Ocean and Fruit [11]	1927		Oil on canvas	50 x 65 cm
	Taste for the Invisible [12]	1927		Oil on canvas	100 x 73 cm
	Double Secret (Le double secret) [13]	1927	Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. France	Oil on canvas	114 x 162 cm
	Meaning of Night [14]	1927	Menil Collection (Houston. Tex.)	Oil on canvas	139 x 105 cm
	The Murderous Sky (Le ciel meurtrier) [15]	1927	Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. France	Oil on canvas	73 x 100 cm
	Female Thief [16]	1927	Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique	Oil on canvas	100 x 73 cm
	Prince of Objects [17]	1927		Oil on canvas with collaged canvas	50 x 65 cm
	The Menaced Assassin [18]	1927	The Museum of Modern Art; Kay Sage Tanguy Fund	Oil on canvas	150.4 x 195.2 cm
	Palace of Curtains [19]	1928		Oil on canvas	81 x 116 cm
	Voice of Silence [20]	1928		Oil on canvas	54 x 73 cm
	Acrobat's Ideas [21]	1928	Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst	Oil on canvas	116 x 81 cm
	Swift Hope [22]	1928	Hamburger Kunsthalle	Oil on canvas	49.5 x 64 cm
	Flowers of the Abyss I [23]	1928		Oil on canvas	54 x 73 cm
	Flood [24]	1928		Oil on canvas	73 x 54 cm
	Acrobat's Rest [25]	1928		Oil on canvas	54 x 73 cm
	Apparition [26]	1928	Galerie Brusberg	Oil on canvas	54 x 73 cm
	Delights of Landscape [27]	1928		Oil on canvas	54 x 73 cm
	Lovers II [28]	1928	National Gallery of Australia	Oil on canvas	54 x 73 cm
	Obsession [29]	1928	Nationalgalerie (Germany)	Oil on canvas	81 x 116 cm
	La Voix des airs [30]	1928	Buffalo AKG Art Museum; Albert H. Tracy Fund. by exchange. and George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund. 1976	Oil on canvas	overall: 83.82 x 68.58 x 7.62 cm
	The Voice of Silence (La voix du silence) [31]	1928	Worcester Art Museum; Stoddard Acquisition Fund	Oil on canvas	54 x 73 cm
	Flowers of the Abyss II [32]	1928		Oil on canvas	41 x 27 cm
	Magic Light [33]	1928		Oil on canvas	54 x 73 cm
	The False Mirror [34]	1928	The Museum of Modern Art; Purchase	Oil on canvas	54 x 80.9 cm
	Six Elements [35]	1928	Philadelphia Museum of Art	Oil on canvas	73 x 100 cm
	Attempting the Impossible [36]	1928		Oil on canvas	116 x 81 cm
	Lost World [37]	1928	Kunstmuseum Winterthur	Oil on canvas	54.5 x 73.5 cm
	Apparition [38]	1928	Staatsgalerie Stuttgart	Oil on canvas	82.5 x 116 cm
	Palace of Curtains III [39]	1928-29	Museum of Modern Art (New York. N.Y.)	Oil on canvas	81.2 x 116.4 cm
	Portrait of Paul-Gustave van Hecke [40]	1928		Oil on canvas	65 x 50 cm
	The Lovers [41]	1928	The Museum of Modern Art; Gift of Richard S. Zeisler	Oil on canvas	54 x 73.4 cm
	Literal Meaning II [42]	1929	Menil Collection (Houston. Tex.)	Oil on canvas	73 x 54 cm
	Literal Meaning IV [43]	1929		Oil on canvas	73 x 54 cm
	Literal Meaning VI [44]	1929		Oil on canvas	54 x 73 cm
	The Treason of Images (This is not a Pipe) [45]	1929		Oil on canvas	55 x 72 cm
	Tree of Knowledge [46]	1929		Oil on canvas	41 x 27 cm
	The Eternally Obvious (L'évidence éternelle) [47]	1930	The Menil Collection	Oil on five separately stretched and framed canvases mounted on acrylic sheet	167.6 × 38.1 × 55.9 cm
	La clef des songes. [48]	1930	Private Collection. Vienna	Oil on canvas	81 x 60 cm
	Depths of the Earth [49]	1930		Oil on canvas: four canvases framed and mounted on glass	12 x 22 cm; 16 x 22 cm; 22 x 16 cm; 19 x 24 cm
	Portrait of E.L.T. Mesens [50]	1930		Oil on canvas	73 x 54 cm

1931–1942: Brussels

Image	Title	Year	Location	Medium	Dimensions (cm.)	Comments
	The Key of the Fields [51]	1936	Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid	Oil on canvas	80 x 60 cm	"La Clef des champs"

References

1. "René Magritte". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
2. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Wreckage of the Dark".
3. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Popular Panorama".
4. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Silvered Chasm".
5. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Famous Man".
6. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Sensational News".
7. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Desert Catapult".
8. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Rêve d'étudiant".
9. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Portrait of Paul Nougé".
10. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Forest".
11. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Table. Ocean and Fruit".
12. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Taste for the Invisible".
13. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Double Secret (Le double secret)".
14. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Meaning of Night".
15. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Murderous Sky (Le ciel meurtrier)".
16. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Female Thief".
17. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Prince of Objects".
18. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Menaced Assassin".
19. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Palace of Curtains".
20. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Voice of Silence".
21. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Acrobat's Ideas".
22. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Swift Hope".
23. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Flowers of the Abyss I".
24. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Flood".
25. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Acrobat's Rest".
26. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Apparition".
27. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Delights of Landscape".
28. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Lovers II".
29. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Obsession".
30. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "La Voix des airs".
31. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Voice of Silence (La voix du silence)".
32. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Flowers of the Abyss II".
33. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Magic Light".
34. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The False Mirror".
35. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Six Elements".
36. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Attempting the Impossible".
37. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Lost World".
38. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Apparition".
39. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Palace of Curtains III".
40. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Portrait of Paul-Gustave van Hecke".
41. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Lovers".
42. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Literal Meaning II".
43. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Literal Meaning IV".
44. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Literal Meaning VI".
45. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Treason of Images (This is not a Pipe)".
46. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Tree of Knowledge".
47. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Eternally Obvious (L'évidence éternelle)".
48. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "La clef des songes".
49. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Depths of the Earth".
50. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Portrait of E.L.T. Mesens".
51. Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Key of the Fields".

External links

• René Magritte Museum, Brussels
• Rene Magritte: List of works