René F. Magritte
René Franç ois-Ghislain Magritte was born in Belgium. In the early years his style was based on cubism and magic realisme, then he looks to post-impressionisme and para-expressionisme, but he became a master of mistery and surrealism. The technique which he used are lithography, sculpture, wallpainting, gouache and oilpainting.





[1898-1967]






His most importent paintings are:

La baigneuse (The bathing woman) 1925, oil on canvas, 0.50x1 m, cubism.
L'homme du large (The man from the zee) 1926, oil on canvas, 1.39x1.05 m, magic realism.
Le Temps Meneçant (The temper weather) 1928, oil on canvas, 0.54x0.73 m, surrealism.
La voix des airs (The voice of the wind) 1931, oil on canvas, 0.73x0.54 m, surrealism.
L'invention collective (The collective invention) 1934, oil on canvas, 0.75x1.16 m, surrealism.
Le voyageur (The traveller) 1935, oil on canvas, 0.55x0.66 m, surrealism.
La Magie noire (Black magic) 1935, oil on canvas, 0.80x0.60 m, surrealism.
La plaine d'air (The plane of the air) 1941, oil on canvas, 0.73x1 m, surrealism.
Les heureux présages (The favourable sign) 1944, oil on canvas, 0.4x0.6 m, post-impressionism.
La goutte d'eau (The drop of water) 1948, oil on canvas, 0.73x0.60 m, magic realism.
La mémoire (The memory) 1948, oil on canvas, 0.59x0.49 m, surrealism.
Les valeurs personnelles (The personal value) 1951, oil on canvas, 0.8x1 m, surrealism.
Le domaine enchanté (The enchantment domain) 1953, wall painting, 4.30x71.3 m, surrealism.
L'empire des lumièris (The empire of light) 1954, oil on canvas, 1.46x1.13 m, surrealism.
Le maître d'école (The teacher) 1954, oil on canvas, 0.81x0,60 m, surrealism.
Les promenades d'Euclide The euclidean walk) 1955, oil on canvas, 1.63x1.30 m, surrealism.
La fée ignorante (The ignorent fairy) 1957, wall painting, 2.4x16.2 m, surrealism.
La corde sensible (The fragile centre) 1960, oil on canvas, 1.15x1.46 m, surrealism.
Le Château des Pyrénées (The castle of Pyrenees) 1961, oil on canvas, 2x1.4 m, surrealism.
Les belles réalité (The beautiful reality) 1964, oil on canvas, 0.5x0.4 m, surrealism.
La Joconde (Gioconda) 1964, gouache on paper, 0.32x0.26 m, surrealism.
Le blanc-seing (The carte blanch) 1965, oil on canvas, 0.81x0.64 m, surrealism.
L'art de vivre (The art of living) 1967, oil on canvas, 0.65x0.54 m, surrealism.
Le retour (The return) , oil on canvas, .....x.....m, surrealism.



Collected Stamps:
Country: Belgium
Currency: 12Franc
Scott#: B1033
Isseu: 1984-09-01
Printing: Photo.
Perforation: 11,5
Watermark: None
Paper: Normal
Painter
Magritte René
[1898 - 1967]
Painting: The Art of Living
Year: ?
Country: Cuba
Currency: 4Centavos
Scott#: 1267
Isseu: 1967-07-29
Printing: Lithography
Perforation: 12,5
Watermark: None
Paper: Normal


Stamps which still have to be sorted

Painting: La mémoire

Country: Belgium
Scottsnummmer:

Issue date: 1970
Printing:
Perforation:
Watermark:
Paper: Normal
Painting: L'empire des lumièris

Country: Belgium
Scottsnummmer: B1033

Issue date: 01-09-1984
Printing: Photo.
Perforation: 11,5
Watermark: None
Paper: Normal
Painting: Le retour

Country: Belgium
Scottsnummmer:

Issue date: 1998
Printing:
Perforation:
Watermark:
Paper:
Painting: L'art de vivre

Country: Cuba
Scottsnummmer: 1267

Issue date: 29-07-1967
Printing: Lithography
Perforation: 12,5
Watermark: None
Paper: Normal
Painting: Le retour

Country: France
Scottsnummmer:

Issue date: 1998
Printing:
Perforation: 11,5
Watermark:
Paper: Normal
Painting: La voix des airs

Country: Nations Unies
Scottsnummmer:

Issue date: 1993
Printing:
Perforation: 11,5
Watermark:
Paper: Normal


Manco Stamps:



Manco's stamps which still have to be sorted

Painting: La Magie noire

Country: Belgium
Scottsnummmer:

Issue date: 1997
Printing:
Perforation: 11,5
Watermark:
Paper: Normal
Painting: Le Château des Pyrénées

Country: Belgium
Scottsnummmer:

Issue date: 1997
Printing:
Perforation: 11,5
Watermark:
Paper: Normal
Painting: La corde sensible

Country: Belgium
Scottsnummmer:

Issue date: 1997
Printing:
Perforation: 11,5
Watermark:
Paper: Normal