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La Condition Humaine by René Magritte

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Rene Magritte is one of the best known Surrealist painters and loved turning expectations on their heads. Which could explain A LOT about some of the more unsavory parts of his life!

And we’ll find out how he turned a simple view of a front lawn into something mind-blowing!

SHOW NOTES (TRANSCRIPT)

“A Long Look” theme is “Ascension” by Ron Gelinas youtu.be/jGEdNSNkZoo

Episode theme is “Menuet antique” composed by Maurice Ravel. Performed by Luis Sarro. Courtesy of musopen.org

https://musopen.org/music/4704-menuet-antique/

https://musopen.org/music/performer/luis-sarro/

https://musopen.org/music/composer/maurice-ravel/

Artwork information
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.70170.html

Magritte information
Morris, Desmond. The Lives of the Surrealists  London;: Thames & Hudson, 2018.

Elliott, Patrick. Another World : Dalí, Magritte, Míro and the Surrealists. Edinburgh: National Galleries of Scotland, 2010. Print.

What You Need to Know about René Magritte (Artsy article)
https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-rene-magritte

René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War, Paul Simon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lj5RgpgfPE


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