Rene
Surrealist painter, Rene Magritte, met the love of his life when he was 15 and she was 12. He and Georgette were separated by WWI, when each of their families moved to avoid the German invasion. They were reunited by a chance meeting at the Brussels Botanical Garden six years later. Over the course of their 45 year marriage, she was his constant muse. He preferred to paint wherever she was. There are portraits of her from each phase of his art. Their home, now a museum in Brussels, remains
Nas it was at his death in 1967. Fans of his work will recognize the rooms of the home as they are frequently featured in his paintings.
Rene is approximately 13”tall. He is constructed and dressed in recycled wool suiting. He is stuffed with recycled denim.
Surrealist painter, Rene Magritte, met the love of his life when he was 15 and she was 12. He and Georgette were separated by WWI, when each of their families moved to avoid the German invasion. They were reunited by a chance meeting at the Brussels Botanical Garden six years later. Over the course of their 45 year marriage, she was his constant muse. He preferred to paint wherever she was. There are portraits of her from each phase of his art. Their home, now a museum in Brussels, remains
Nas it was at his death in 1967. Fans of his work will recognize the rooms of the home as they are frequently featured in his paintings.
Rene is approximately 13”tall. He is constructed and dressed in recycled wool suiting. He is stuffed with recycled denim.
Surrealist painter, Rene Magritte, met the love of his life when he was 15 and she was 12. He and Georgette were separated by WWI, when each of their families moved to avoid the German invasion. They were reunited by a chance meeting at the Brussels Botanical Garden six years later. Over the course of their 45 year marriage, she was his constant muse. He preferred to paint wherever she was. There are portraits of her from each phase of his art. Their home, now a museum in Brussels, remains
Nas it was at his death in 1967. Fans of his work will recognize the rooms of the home as they are frequently featured in his paintings.
Rene is approximately 13”tall. He is constructed and dressed in recycled wool suiting. He is stuffed with recycled denim.