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Artist: René Magritte
Year: 1965
Medium: Oil on canvas
The Blank Signature (Le blanc-Seing) is a 1965 painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. The work is part of the collection of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. It was one of Magritte’s last works before his death in 1967.
The painting depicts a woman on horseback riding through a forest. Due to an optical illusion employed by the artist, the image is partially fragmented, although at first glance the viewer may perceive it as a coherent whole. The woman and the horse are simultaneously in front of, between, and behind the trees. Her right arm is partially hidden behind a tree that, upon closer inspection, is located in the background. One possible interpretation is that the merging of the forest with the horsewoman suggests a unity of humanity and nature. But as is usually the case with Magritte, the work primarily raises questions, a sense further heightened by the enigmatic title. The painter himself believed that his works required no specific interpretation; every viewer can interpret the work in their own way. He also noted that art critics sometimes saw more—or something entirely different—in his works than he himself had consciously intended.
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This is one of two images I ever bought a print of.
Went to the Smithsonian during a school related DC trip. Had my mind absolutely blown by seeing art in person instead of just pics in a book. The impressionist stuff was what really hit the hardest, but when I was digging through the gift shop, already about to catch hell for not being on the bus at the designated time, this and a Monet were right next to each other.
So, being a teenager, I said fuck it and grabbed both.
They hung on my walls until I moved out. Then, they hung on my walls until time made them fall apart.
It’s still my favorite Magritte.
That is some very clever mind bending shit.
Yeah, that was totally Magritte’s thing. He painted a lot of clever—and also pretty strange—pictures. A surrealist through and through, and even one of the best-known representatives of the movement. He was particularly recognized for placing familiar objects in unusual and unexpected settings.
If you like that kind of art and happen to be in the area, I highly recommend the Dalí Theater-Museum in Figueres (Spain)—it’s pretty trippy.
Never heard of him
(/s)
This is not a painting by Magritte.
Wait, is this a pipe?
|You’re right, it’s merely an electronic image of one
:)
Welcome to the Grand Illusion
Come on in and see what’s happening…
He was a great artist, but I like to imagine he used a mask and started from the hind of the horse then realized he placed it at the wrong tree and was like “fuck it, we’re just doing this now”
I can definitely imagine that. I’m not particularly knowledgeable about the subject, but I think he was probably quite amused by the pseudo-intellectual ramblings the art world came up with when discussing his works in the culture sections or elsewhere.
The use of the saplings to blend the foreground into the far off, distant trees in the background is really good
Good eye, you make me notice it! Thank you!
Fuck, this is good
Glad to see transparency order was broken back then and not just in modern video games
I like it.
Gah, MC Escher eat your heart out.
I hate looking at this.
It’s like that upside down pees image on a menu.
It kills me
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