Monsieur Rene Magritte

United States, 1978

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Episode of Series “Phaidon art collection”.
About the life of Belgium artist Rene Magritte, one of the most famous of all surrealists. The documentary discusses his personal life and the motivations behind his art. Obsessed with the everyday, Magritte’s practise was to reinvent the ordinary by changing the ‘viewers’ perception. “It’s not the painting that changes your perception, it’s the thoughts triggered when looking at the work that does”. As a metaphysical painter like his mentor De Chirico, Magritte sought to make reality and meaning represented as visionary not literal - it’s this legacy that is explored in this documentary.

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Credits

director

Adrian Maben

producer

Neil Mundy

production company

Antenne-2

RM Productions

WDR

Duration

00:51:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1978

Appears in

Phaidon art collection

Group of items

Phaidon art collection

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

315892

Language

English

Audience classification

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Brussels (Belgium)

Biographical

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Belgium

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Study and teaching

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art appreciation

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, European

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Belgium

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Biography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists and community

Crafts & Visual Arts → Modernism (Art)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Belgium

Crafts & Visual Arts → Surrealism

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Art - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Dreams

Magic, Occult & Supernatural → Dreams

People → Artists - Biography

People → Biographical films

Places → Brussels (Belgium)

Television

Television → Television programs

Television → Television programs → Television programs - Great Britain

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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