René Magritte | 5,698 Artworks at Auction

Ren茅 Magritte

Belgian | 1898 - 1967

Ren茅 Magritte was a Belgian Impressionist & Modern artist who was born in 1898. His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Fondation Beyeler, Basel. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Moderna Museet, Stockholm have featured Ren茅 Magritte's work in the past.Ren茅 Magritte's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 3 USD to 121,160,000 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 121,160,000 USD for L'empire des lumi猫res, sold at Christie's New York in 2024. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 6,054,042 USD, while his works on paper have sold for an average of 1,087,166 USD.Ren茅 Magritte has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for BBC News in February 2025. The artist died in 1967.

Artist's alternative names: Magritte, Ren茅 Fran莽ois Ghislain Magritte

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L'oeil' ,1968

By René Magritte

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René Magritte (1898-1967 - René Magritte

René Magritte (1898-1967 ,1927

By René Magritte

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René Magritte (1898-1967 ,1926

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Current Exhibitions

The Key to Dreams. Surrealist Masterpieces from the Hersaint Collection

Fondation Beyeler, Basel

Basel | Switzerland

Feb 16,2025 - May 04,2025

Surrealist Classics from the Museum Collection

Northern Illinois University Art Museum

Dekalb | Illinois | USA

Mar 19,2025 - May 10,2025

Persona

Galerie Ruberl

Vienna | Austria

Apr 10,2025 - May 16,2025

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Articles

BBC News 22/02/2025

In the past month alone, shadowy portraits have been found hidden in longstanding masterpieces by Titian and Picasso. What can they and other such discoveries tell us?

ArtDaily 21/02/2025

Christie鈥檚 announced Leonard & Louise Riggio: Collected Works will be offered during Spring Marquee Week in a single-owner evening sale.

Christie's Daily 19/02/2025

One of the most creatively fulfilling relationships of Magritte鈥檚 life was with his fellow Belgian Surrealist, dubbed 鈥榯he Don Juan of words鈥�.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Magritte, who is considered a leading figure in Surrealism, is particularly known for his works that turn everyday reality upside down; an apple fills a whole room and a nose becomes a pipe... 鈥�
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Amos Rex

鈥� ..Magritte, perhaps the most naturalistic of modern painters, also regularly featured curtains in his work... 鈥�
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Centre Pompidou Paris

鈥� ..Magritte had otherwise always refused to explain his works, which gave glimpses of what 鈥渢he mystery of the world鈥� might look like in pictorial form... 鈥�
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Amos Rex