This Is Magritte

Product Description Belgian artist René Magritte’s biography is a key element of his art. His life is infused with bizarre moments: a surreal journey oscillating between fact and fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man. The events of Magritte's childhood played an important part in creating the surrealist, but it was his popular culture borrowings from crime fiction, advertising and postcards that has made his work instantly recognizable. The often unreliable nature of Magritte's accounts of his own life have transformed his public image into a kind of fictional character rather than a ‘real person’. He would shape his own life story to be its own surreal work of art. From the Back Cover Belgian artist Rene Magritte's life is infused with bizarre moments: a surreal journey oscillating between fact and fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man. He would shape his own life story to be its own surreal work of art. This book tells his story. About the Author Patricia Allmer is Chancellor's Fellow at the University of Edinburgh. She has presented and published widely on Surrealism. She is curator of the award-winning Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism (Manchester Art Gallery, 2009) and author of René Magritte: Beyond Painting (2009). Iker Spozio is an illustrator, engraver and painter who lives and works in Spain. Among the international magazines that have featured his work are Le Monde and El País. He manages and produces Morning, a limited-edition illustrated magazine devoted to cult 1960s, 1970s and 1980s music.