List of paintings by René Magritte

René Magritte
Born
René François Ghislain Magritte

(1898-11-21)21 November 1898
Lessines, Belgium
Died15 August 1967(1967-08-15) (aged 68)
Brussels, Belgium
Known forPainter
Notable workThe Treachery of Images
The Son of Man
The Human Condition
Golconda
The Menaced Assassin
The Lovers
MovementSurrealism

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.

1898–1925: Early years

Image Title Year Location Medium Dimensions (cm.) Comments
Nude 1919 Brachot Gallery, Brussels Oil on canvas 40 × 29 cm
Landscape[2] 1920 Oil on canvas 83 × 64 cm
Portrait of Pierre Bourgeois[3] 1920 Oil on canvas
Bathers 1921 Oil on canvas 55 × 38 cm
Portrait of Pierre Broodcoorens 1921 Oil on canvas
L'Écuyère 1922 Oil on canvas 63 × 90 cm Also known as The Station
The Model 1922 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi Oil on canvas 40 × 29 cm Also known as Woman Bathing
Donna 1923 Oil on canvas 46 × 38 cm
Georgette at the Piano 1923 Brachot Gallery, Brussels oil on canvas 44 × 36.5 cm
Modern[4] 1923 Oil on canvas
Self-portrait 1923 Oil on canvas
Night Life 1923 Oil on canvas 50.1 × 40.2 cm
Three Nudes in an Interior 1923 Oil on canvas 59.5 × 55.5 cm
Youth 1924 Oil on canvas 50.5 × 41 cm
Advertisements for "Norine" 1925 Gouache on paper Consists of 4 paintings[5][6][7][8]
The Bather 1925 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi Oil on canvas 50 × 100 cm
Blue Cinema 1925 Private collection Oil on canvas 65 × 54cm
Nocturne[9] 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 × 40 cm

1926–1930: Paris

Image Title Year Location Medium Dimensions (cm.) Comments
Wreckage of the Dark[10] 1926 Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble Oil on canvas 120 × 80 cm
Popular Panorama[11] 1926 Oil on canvas 120 × 80 cm
Silvered Chasm[12] 1926 Oil on canvas 75 × 65 cm
Famous Man[13] 1926 Oil on canvas 65 × 81 cm
The Difficult Crossing 1926 Private collection Oil on canvas 80 cm × 65.3 cm
The Birth of the Idol 1926 Private collection Oil on canvas
Sensational News[14] 1926 Oil on canvas 62 × 81 cm
Desert Catapult[15] 1926 Oil on canvas 75 × 65 cm
Rêve d'étudiant[16] 1926 Nationalgalerie Berlin Oil and pencil on canvas 80.3 × 70 cm
Portrait of Paul Nougé[17] 1927 Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels Oil on canvas 95 × 65 cm
Forest[18] 1927 Musée de l’art wallon, Liège Oil on canvas 100 × 73 cm
Table, Ocean and Fruit[19] 1927 Oil on canvas 50 × 65 cm
Taste for the Invisible[20] 1927 Oil on canvas 100 × 73 cm
Double Secret[21] 1927 Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris Oil on canvas 114 × 162 cm Also known as Le double secret
Meaning of Night[22] 1927 Menil Collection, Houston TX Oil on canvas 139 × 105 cm
The Murderous Sky[23] 1927 Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris Oil on canvas 73 × 100 cm Also known as Le ciel meurtrier
Female Thief[24] 1927 Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels Oil on canvas 100 × 73 cm
Prince of Objects[25] 1927 Oil on canvas with collaged canvas 50 × 65 cm
The Menaced Assassin[26] 1927 Museum of Modern Art, New York City NY Oil on canvas 150.4 × 195.2 cm
The Adulation of Space 1927-1928 Private collection Oil on canvas 81 cm × 116 cm
Palace of Curtains[27] 1928 Oil on canvas 81 × 116 cm
Voice of Silence[28] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 × 73 cm
Acrobat's Ideas[29] 1928 Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich Oil on canvas 116 × 81 cm
Swift Hope[30] 1928 Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg Oil on canvas 49.5 × 64 cm
Flowers of the Abyss I[31] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 × 73 cm
Flood[32] 1928 Oil on canvas 73 × 54 cm
Acrobat's Rest[33] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 × 73 cm
Apparition[34] 1928 Galerie Brusberg Oil on canvas 54 × 73 cm
Delights of Landscape[35] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 × 73 cm
Lovers II[36] 1928 National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Oil on canvas 54 × 73 cm
Obsession[37] 1928 Nationalgalerie, Berlin Oil on canvas 81 × 116 cm
La Voix des airs[38] 1928 Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo NY Oil on canvas overall: 83.82 × 68.58 × 7.62 cm
The Voice of Silence[39] 1928 Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA Oil on canvas 54 × 73 cm Also known as La voix du silence
Flowers of the Abyss II[40] 1928 Oil on canvas 41 × 27 cm
Magic Light[41] 1928 Oil on canvas 54 × 73 cm
Six Elements[42] 1928 Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia PA Oil on canvas 73 × 100 cm
Attempting the Impossible[43] 1928 Oil on canvas 116 × 81 cm
Lost World[44] 1928 Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur Oil on canvas 54.5 × 73.5 cm
Apparition[45] 1928 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart Oil on canvas 82.5 × 116 cm
Palace of Curtains III[46] 1928-29 Museum of Modern Art, New York NY Oil on canvas 81.2 × 116.4 cm
Portrait of Paul-Gustave van Hecke[47] 1928 Oil on canvas 65 × 50 cm
The Lovers[48] 1928 Museum of Modern Art, New York NY Oil on canvas 54 × 73.4 cm
The False Mirror[49] 1928 Museum of Modern Art, New York NY Oil on canvas 54 × 80.9 cm
The Empty Mask 1928 National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff Oil on canvas 81.2 cm × 116.2 cm
La Naissance des Fleurs 1929 Deji Art Museum, Nanjing Oil on canvas
Literal Meaning II[50] 1929 Menil Collection, Houston TX Oil on canvas 73 × 54 cm.
Literal Meaning IV[51] 1929 Oil on canvas 73 × 54 cm
Literal Meaning VI[52] 1929 Oil on canvas 54 × 73 cm
The Treachery of Images[53] 1929 Oil on canvas 55 × 72 cm Also known as This is not a Pipe
Tree of Knowledge[54] 1929 Oil on canvas 41 × 27 cm
The Eternally Obvious[55] 1930 Menil Collection, Houston TX Oil on five separately stretched and framed canvases mounted on acrylic sheet 167.6 × 38.1 × 55.9 cm Also known as L'évidence éternelle
La clef des songes[56] 1930 Private collection (Vienna) Oil on canvas 81 × 60 cm
Depths of the Earth[57] 1930 Oil on canvas: four canvases framed and mounted on glass 12 × 22 cm; 16 × 22 cm; 22 × 16 cm; 19 × 24 cm
Portrait of E.L.T. Mesens[58] 1930 Oil on canvas 73 × 54 cm

1931–1942: Brussels

Image Title Year Location Medium Dimensions (cm.) Comments
Elective Affinities 1933 Private collection Oil on canvas 21 × 33 cm
The Human Condition 1933 National Gallery of Art, Washington DC Oil on canvas 100 cm × 81 cm
The Portrait 1935 Museum of Modern Art, New York NY Oil on canvas 53.3 × 50.2 cm
On the Threshold of Liberty 1937 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL Oil on canvas 238.8 cm × 185.4 cm
Not to be Reproduced 1938 Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam Oil on canvas 81.3 cm × 65 cm
Time Transfixed 1938 Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL Oil on canvas 147 cm × 98.7 cm
The Palace of Memories 1939 Private collection Oil on canvas 46.2 cm × 38.2 cm
The Key of the Fields[59] 1936 Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Oil on canvas 80 × 60 cm Also known as La Clef des champs

1943–1947: Sunlit period

Image Title Year Location Medium Dimensions (cm.) Comments
The Rape[60] 1945 Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris Oil on canvas Also known as Le viol

1947–1948: Vache period

Image Title Year Location Medium Dimensions (cm.) Comments
Ellipse[61] 1948 Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique, Brussels Oil on canvas
The Empire of Light 1948 Private collection, Brussels Oil on canvas 100 x 80 cm Succession of 17 oil paintings

1949–1960: Mature period

Image Title Year Location Medium Dimensions (cm.) Comments
The Empire of Light II 1950 Museum of Modern Art, New York City NY Oil on canvas 79 x 99 cm
The Seducer 1950 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond VA Oil on canvas 38 cm × 46 cm
The Listening Room 1952 Menil Collection, Houston TX Oil on canvas 45 cm × 54.7 cm
Golconda 1953 Menil Collection, Houston TX Oil on canvas 80 cm × 100 cm
The Good Example 1953 Museum of Grenoble, Grenoble Oil on canvas 46.5 x 35.5 cm
The Empire of Light 1954 Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Oil on canvas 195.4 x 131.2 cm
The Mysteries of the Horizon 1955 Private collection Oil on canvas 50 cm × 65 cm
16th September 1956 Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp, Antwerp Oil on canvas 115 cm × 88 cm
The Alarm Clock 1957 Private collection Oil on canvas 62.5 cm × 52 cm
The Castle of the Pyrenees 1959 Israel Museum, Jerusalem Oil on canvas 200 cm × 145 cm

1961–1967: Later years

Image Title Year Location Medium Dimensions (cm.) Comments
High Society[62] 1962 Oil on canvas
The Difficult Crossing 1963 Private collection Oil on canvas
The Telescope 1963 Menil Collection, Houston TX Oil on canvas 176.1 cm × 114.9 cm
The Son of Man 1964 Private collection Oil on canvas 116 cm × 89 cm

References

  1. ↑ "René Magritte". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  2. ↑ Magritte, René. "Landscape" – via JSTOR.
  3. ↑ "Portrait of Pierre Bourgeois". Retrieved 3 July 2026 – via JSTOR.
  4. ↑ "Modern". Retrieved 3 July 2026 – via JSTOR.
  5. ↑ "Petrouchka". Retrieved 3 July 2026 – via JSTOR.
  6. ↑ "La Festa". Retrieved 3 July 2026 – via JSTOR.
  7. ↑ "Arleqinade". Retrieved 3 July 2026 – via JSTOR.
  8. ↑ "Couture Norine". Retrieved 3 July 2026 – via JSTOR.
  9. ↑ "Nocturne on JSTOR". Retrieved 3 July 2026 – via JSTOR.
  10. ↑ Magritte, René. "Wreckage of the Dark". Retrieved 17 July 2026 – via JSTOR.
  11. ↑ Magritte, René. "Popular Panorama" – via JSTOR.
  12. ↑ Magritte, René. "Silvered Chasm" – via JSTOR.
  13. ↑ Magritte, René. "Famous Man" – via JSTOR.
  14. ↑ Magritte, René. "Sensational News" – via JSTOR.
  15. ↑ Magritte, René. "Desert Catapult" – via JSTOR.
  16. ↑ Magritte, René. "Rêve d'étudiant". Retrieved 17 July 2026 – via JSTOR.
  17. ↑ Magritte, René. "Portrait of Paul Nougé" – via JSTOR.
  18. ↑ Magritte, René. "Forest" – via JSTOR.
  19. ↑ Magritte, René. "Table, Ocean and Fruit" – via JSTOR.
  20. ↑ Magritte, René. "Taste for the Invisible" – via JSTOR.
  21. ↑ Magritte, René. "Double Secret (Le double secret)" – via JSTOR.
  22. ↑ Magritte, René. "Meaning of Night" – via JSTOR.
  23. ↑ Magritte, René. "The Murderous Sky (Le ciel meurtrier)".
  24. ↑ Magritte, René. "Female Thief".
  25. ↑ Magritte, René. "Prince of Objects".
  26. ↑ Magritte, René. "The Menaced Assassin".
  27. ↑ Magritte, René. "Palace of Curtains".
  28. ↑ Magritte, René. "Voice of Silence".
  29. ↑ Magritte, René. "Acrobat's Ideas".
  30. ↑ Magritte, René. "Swift Hope".
  31. ↑ Magritte, René. "Flowers of the Abyss I".
  32. ↑ Magritte, René. "Flood".
  33. ↑ Magritte, René. "Acrobat's Rest".
  34. ↑ Magritte, René. "Apparition".
  35. ↑ Magritte, René. "Delights of Landscape".
  36. ↑ Magritte, René. "Lovers II".
  37. ↑ Magritte, René. "Obsession".
  38. ↑ Magritte, René. "La Voix des airs".
  39. ↑ Magritte, René. "The Voice of Silence (La voix du silence)".
  40. ↑ Magritte, René. "Flowers of the Abyss II".
  41. ↑ Magritte, René. "Magic Light".
  42. ↑ Magritte, René. "Six Elements".
  43. ↑ Magritte, René. "Attempting the Impossible".
  44. ↑ Magritte, René. "Lost World".
  45. ↑ Magritte, René. "Apparition".
  46. ↑ Magritte, René. "Palace of Curtains III".
  47. ↑ Magritte, René. "Portrait of Paul-Gustave van Hecke".
  48. ↑ Magritte, René. "The Lovers".
  49. ↑ Magritte, René. "The False Mirror".
  50. ↑ Magritte, René. "Literal Meaning II".
  51. ↑ Magritte, René. "Literal Meaning IV".
  52. ↑ Magritte, René. "Literal Meaning VI".
  53. ↑ Magritte, René. "The Treason of Images (This is not a Pipe)".
  54. ↑ Magritte, René. "Tree of Knowledge".
  55. ↑ Magritte, René. "The Eternally Obvious (L'évidence éternelle)".
  56. ↑ Magritte, René. "La clef des songes". Photographed by Erich Lessing. Retrieved 17 July 2026 – via Visual Arts Legacy Collection, previously Artstor, part of JSTOR.
  57. ↑ Magritte, René. "Depths of the Earth".
  58. ↑ Magritte, René. "Portrait of E.L.T. Mesens".
  59. ↑ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "The Key of the Fields".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  60. ↑ Magritte, René. "The Rape (Le viol) on JSTOR". Retrieved 3 July 2026.
  61. ↑ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "Ellipse".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  62. ↑ Magritte, René, 1898-1967. "High Society".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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