1898 _ Renee Fran? ois Magritte was born in June165438+1October 2 1. His father is a businessman and his mother is a tailor.

19 10 _ Magritte came into contact with painting education for the first time and took part in the children's painting class in Chatelet.

19 12 _ Magritte 14 years old, and her mother committed suicide (at the age of 42). Magritte was impressed by covering her mother's face with clothes. Many of the characters he painted in his life have no faces or are covered by objects.

Magritte met Georgette Berger, who later became his wife. She was born on February 22nd of 190 1. Many beautiful female nudes created by this painter are based on her. Magritte loved his wife so much that even Dong didn't respect her and broke up with the surrealist leader.

19 16 _ studied at the Brussels Institute of Art for two years. He studied under the symbolist painters Van Damme, Dibert, Combas and Mon Tarde. I met the great painter Victor Severn.

19 19 _ Magritte met the avant-garde artist and poet Pierre Boulle Gueva, his brother Victor Bourget and the abstract painter Pierre Louis Floguet. Magritte published Manipulation magazine with them, which played a certain role in the formation of futurism.

1920 _ A lecture on the Dutch art group and its purism was held in Brussels.

192 1 year _ Magritte served in Antwerp and completed three portraits of military commanders.

1922 _ Married Georgette Beckett in June. Under the recommendation of the painter Severance, Magritte worked as a graphic designer in a printing factory in Brussels, and together with Severance, he wrote the pure art of defending aesthetics. The cover design for the poems of poet Pierre Boulle Gervat combines the styles of Orps and Cubism.

1923 _ Magritte left the printing factory to concentrate on the advertising design of the exhibition.

1924 _ I sold my work for the first time: the portrait of singer Evelyn Breglia. In the same year, Magritte's artistic remarks were published in the important Dadaism journal 39 1 19. Meet Camille Goeman and Marcel leconte.

1925 _ Only one issue of Dadaism magazine "Vegetable Basket" was published with Mei Sen; Appreciate Chirico's work Song of Love; Illustrate Marcel leconte's prose collection Application with examples; Design the cover for Mei Sen's music collection; I met Paul Roger and the musician Andre Soris.

1926 _ Completed the first surrealist work "The Lost Jockey"; Enter the "boutique" gallery in Brussels; Together with Belgian surrealist artists, he published attack articles "Some despicable acts" and "The groom of the Eiffel Tower".

1927 _ moved to Paris with his wife to open a gallery; Incorporate into French surrealist groups and get to know Breton, Dali, Alp, Eluya, Miro and others; The critic Van Ecker published an article about Magritte Magritte: the painter of abstract thinking (published in the March issue of boutique magazine); I met Louis Snunier and formed a deep friendship with him.

1928 _ Magritte's father died at the age of 58; The Art Museum in Grenoble, France, bought Magritte's work "The Remnants of Shadow". This year is the most productive year in Magritte.

1929 _ lived in Dali's house with Paul Eluya and Jala Eluya (later Jala Eluya became Dali's wife); On the cover of the last issue of the magazine Surrealist Revolution (65438+ 15 February), the famous composite photography "Hidden Woman" (also known as "I can't see this woman") was published. This issue of the magazine also published Magritte's article "Words and Images".

1930 _ Due to the indifference of the Parisian art circle, Magritte returned to Brussels to settle down, founded the "Dogo" studio, and started advertising design again.

1932 _ first joined Belgian * * * (later quit several times due to disagreement) and wrote articles under the pseudonym of Florin Berger.

1934 _ A gouache painting appeared on the cover of the 3rd issue of Belgian Surrealism International Bulletin in August.

1935 _ Paul elujah published the poem "Rene Magritte" in the 5th and 6th issues of the Art Manual; In the same year, Bretton published "What is Surrealism" in Paris, with Magritte's "Ravage" as the cover.

1936 _ rejoin the Belgian organization.

1937 _ painted three huge portraits of London banker Edward James; Attend a seminar hosted by Mei Sen in London; Hold the exhibition "Young Belgian Artists".

1939 _ Design a cover illustration for Louis Snunier's poetry collection "Breaking the Mirror"; Hitler's image appeared in a poster design, which wisely expressed the anti-fascist position.

1940 _ moved to Carcassone, entered the so-called "Renoir period" (that is, the impressionist period, which lasted until 1944), began to write the Overture, and actively participated in the Collective Creation edited by Barker.

194 1 year _ Illustrate the poetry collection Virtue and Sleep published by Paul Arua.

1943 _ Completed the first work of "Renoir Period". Marion, a critic, published a monograph on Magritte, introducing 23 works of Magritte during Renoir's period.

1945 _ Join the Belgian organization for the last time; Braden's surrealism and paintings were republished, and Magritte's red model appeared on the cover. This year's exhibition in Brussels established his leading position in surrealism in Belgium.

1946 _ Bousquet, Marion, Michel, Roger, Schü nell and Magritte jointly signed the first book "Continue to Explore", which shows the vigorous development of surrealism. Magritte distanced himself from his friends because the publication of this book caused dissatisfaction among Paris surrealist groups and Bretton Woods. Later, Magritte and Marion anonymously published a "vulgar leaflet" and appeared on the cover of new york Observation magazine, which was edited by the latter and introduced Belgian surrealism. Because Magritte published the article "Dynamic Surrealism", people used "sunshine" to describe his impressionist style creation.

1947 _ Magritte left the Belgian organization for the last time.

1948 _ Holding a solo exhibition in Paris shows a new attitude towards painting. Its style is named "Niu", which is an allusion to the word "beast". Gome Coe Ai Ya published Alouya's new poem "To Magritte" in Santiago, Chile, with thirteen works by Magritte as illustrations.

195 1 year _ The first mural in Magritte: the dome of the Royal Theatre in Brussels.

1952 _ Completed the first postcard work "Postcards of Nature" (ten in total).

1953 _ The second mural "Wonderful Field" was unveiled (designed for an amusement park).

1954 _ The solo exhibition "Words and Images" held in America was an important success. Since then, pop artists such as Old Shen Bo, Lichtenstein and andy warhol have been highly appraising and praising his works.

1955 _ met with Maurice rabin, who made a brief comment on the publication of Magritte's letter.

1956 _ Magritte signed an exclusive copyright contract with Alexander Iolas (excluding portraits), and almost all private exhibitions in Magritte will be hosted by this person; Magritte shot a series of "surreal home movies" with the movie camera he bought. Some plots were created by Magritte and his friends, and his wife and friends made guest appearances. This year, Magritte won the Guggenheim Prize.

1957 _ Complete the third mural "Ignorant Fairy" (created for Xia Lehua Art Palace); Meeting with jurist Harry Knell, who later became Magritte's legal adviser; After several relocations, he settled in Haarbeck until his death.

1959 _ The paintings were exhibited in two important galleries in new york at the same time, and Duchamp wrote an introduction to his invitation. In the painter's residence, Luc de uz filmed the film Rene Magritte, Lessons from Reality, which was released the following year.

196 1 year _ Completed the fourth mural "Mysterious Roadblock" (Parliament Building in Brussels).

1965 _ health problems. In February, 65438, Magritte went to the United States for the first time and for the last time to participate in the retrospective exhibition held in his honor in new york Museum of Modern Art and other places.

1966 _ Go to Cannes, Milan and other places, and finally to Israel.

1967 _ In Verona, Italy, he waxed his eight bronze sculptures, but he never saw them finished. These works were later exhibited in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

1967 August 15 _ Magritte died forever at the age of 69 due to ineffective treatment of pancreatic cancer.