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In Portrait of Pierre Broodcoorens (1921), Magritte honored a beloved writer with an inscription on the canvas. But the tribute is filtered through Metzinger's figurative Cubism, making it as much a modernist manifesto as a portrait. #artbots #magritte

Le prêtre marié / The married priest - 1958 #artbots #magritte

Le grand style / The great style - 1951 #artbots #magritte

Le seize septembre / The Sixteenth of September - c. 1956-1958 #artbots #magritte

The Man of the Sea (1927) was painted around the time Magritte left Brussels for Paris. Maritime imagery recurs throughout his early Surrealism, and the sea reads as a fitting image for the threshold he was crossing — personally and artistically. #artbots #magritte

La voix du sang / Blood will tell - 1948 #artbots #magritte

Vue d'en haut / View from above - 1947 #artbots #magritte

La carte postale / The Postcard - 1960 #artbots #magritte

Untitled - 1926 #artbots #magritte

L'avenir / The future - 1936 #artbots #magritte

Le témoin / The witness - 1938 or 1939 #artbots #magritte

Prince Charming / Prince charmant - 1947 or 1948 #artbots #magritte

L'empire des lumières / The dominion of lights - 1949 #artbots #magritte

Stimulation objective / Objective stimulus - 1938 or 1939 #artbots #magritte

In Georgette at the Piano (1923), Magritte portrays his wife shortly after their 1922 marriage. The scene is domestic and calm, but the Cubist framework is already loosening — making room for the stranger, more radical vision that would soon define his work. #artbots #magritte

Sheet music (Oh! Dis le Odile) - 1926 or 1929 #artbots #magritte

Le banquet / The banquet - 1957 #artbots #magritte

Le sourire / The smile - 1950 or 1951 #artbots #magritte

Hommage à Alphonse Allais / Homage to Alphonse Allais - 1962 #artbots #magritte

The Taste of Sorrow / La saveur des larmes - 1948 #artbots #magritte