Although the work of René Magritte is disquieting, ironic and poetic, it is rarely blatantly confrontational. In most of his work he pokes fun at reality. For example, The Balcony is not based on reality but on Edouard Manet’s painting, Le Balcon (Paris, Musée d’Orsay). Magritte’s painting is one of a series of works entitled Perspective. Each painting is a remake of an existing composition by Manet, Jacques-Louis David or François Gérard. In these compositions he replaces the figures with coffins.
| Artist |
René Magritte
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| Title | Perspective II. Manet's Balcony |
| Date | ca. 1950 |
| Period | 20th century |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | signatures (names) bottom right: Magritte |
| inscription on the back of the canvas: perspective / (Le balcon de / Manet) (II) / 1950 | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1961-A |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1961-A |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/137/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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abstract art (general art genre)
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300056485 fantastic art AAT 300189808 figures (representations) AAT 300055865 Symbolism (artistic concept) AAT 300134149 nonobjective AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
31A231
standing figure
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31AA231 standing figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 31AA235 sitting figure - AA - female human figure Iconclass 41A2 interior of the house Iconclass 41A333 window shutters Iconclass 41A3331 window shutters on the outside Iconclass 41A3332 window shutters on the inside Iconclass 41A38 balcony Iconclass 41A6711 flowers in a vase Iconclass 61 historical events and situations; historical persons Iconclass 42E141 coffin Iconclass 48A26 parody on art Iconclass 61B2(JEAN BAPTISTE ANTOINE GUILLEMET) historical person (JEAN BAPTISTE ANTOINE GUILLEMET) Iconclass 61B2(LEENHOFF, Léon) historical person (LEENHOFF, Léon) Iconclass 61B2(MANET, Édouard) historical person (MANET, Édouard) Iconclass 61BB2(FANNY CLAUS) historical person (FANNY CLAUS) - BB - woman Iconclass 61BB2(MORISOT, Berthe) historical person (MORISOT, Berthe) - BB - woman Iconclass |
| School / Style | Surrealist AAT |
| René Magritte : Catalogue Raisonné. I: Oil Paintings 1916-1930 ; II: Oil Paintings and Objects 1931-1948 ; III: Oil Paintings, Objects and Bronzes 1949-1967 ; IV: Gouaches, Temperas, Watercolours and Papiers Collés 1918-1967 ; V: Supplement, Exhibitions Lists, Bibliography, Cumulative Index ; VI: Newly discovered Works ; Oil Paintings, Gouaches, Drawings / David Sylvester, Sarah Whitfield, Michael Raeburn, Lynette Cawthra. - Antwerpen : Mercatorfonds, 1992-2012 ; Houston : Menil Foundation, 1992-2012 (dl. III, nr. 721) |
| 'Belgen in Parijs. Fransen in Brussel', in : Knack Special : Paris-Bruxelles, / Wim (verantwoordelijke uitgever) Criel. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (ill. p 5) |
| 200 jaar verzamelen : Collectieboek Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Arnout Balis, Robert Hoozee, Maximiliaan P.J. Martens, Paul Van Haute. - Gent : Ludion, 2000 (p. 270 (ill. 199)) |
| D'Ensor à Magritte dans les collections du Musée de Gand (exposition Lodève, Musée de Lodève-Hôtel du Cardinal de Fleury, 19 novembre 2004 - 27 février 2005) / Maïthé Vallès-Bled, Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Helke Lauwaert, Bruno Fornari. - Lodève : Musée de Lodève, 2004 ; Milano : Mazzotta, 2004 (p. 278-281, cat 77) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. II, p. 40 (ill.), 229 (ill.)) |
| Magritte : A bis Z (Ausstellung 'Magritte : das Lustprinzip = The Pleasure Principle' Wien, Albertina, 09.11.2011 - 26.02.2012 ; Liverpool, Tate Liverpool, 24.06 - 16.10.2011) / Christoph Grunenberg, Darren Pih, Patricia Allmer, Xavier Canonne, Gisela Fischer. - Wien : Albertina (Wenen), 2011 |
| Het sterrenalfabet van E.L.T. Mesens : Dada & Surrealisme in Brussel, Parijs & Londen (tentoonstelling Mu.Zee-Kunstmuseum aan zee, 06.07 - 17.11.2013) / Phillip Van den Bossche, Erich Weiss, Anouck Clissen, Christiane Geurts-Krauss, Virginie Devillez, Nele Bernheim. - Oostende : Mu.ZEE, 2013 |
| Art in Europe after '68 (reconstruction of the exhibition in Ghent in the Museum of Contemporary Art, 21.06 - 31.08.1980 ; Ghent, S.M.A.K., 13.09.2014 - 15.03.2015) / Iris Paschalidis, Philippe Van Cauteren, Koen Brams, Dirk Pültau, Katrien Blanchaert, Florence Ostende. - Gent : S.M.A.K., 2014 (p. 234-238) |
| Belgische schone : Ensor tot Magritte ; Hoogtepunten uit de verzameling van het Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent (tentoonstelling Laren, Singer Laren, 16.06 - 30.08.2015) / Johan De Smet, Jan Rudolph De Lorm. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2015 ; Laren : Singer Laren, 2015 ; Heule : Uitgeverij Snoeck, 2015 (p. 63 (ill. p. 18)) |
| Antwerpen - Brugge - Gent : De musea en hun kunstschatten van Van Eyck tot Magritte ; ontdek het rijke erfgoed in drie Vlaamse steden ; de Vlaamse Kunstcollectie / Geert Souvereyns, Till-Holger Borchert, Paul Vandenbroeck. - Dijon : Éditions Faton, 2007 (p. 94-95 (ill.)) |
| Magritte : Life Line (catalogue Lugano 'Magritte : La Ligne de la vie', Museo d'arte della Svizzera italiana, 16.09.2018 - 06.01.2019 ; Helsinki, Amos Rex, 08.02.2019 - 19.05.2019) / Xavier Canonne, Julie Waseige, Guido Comis. - Milano : Skira, 2018 (p. 143) |
| William N. Copley : The Coffin They Carry You Off In (exhibition Miami, Institute of Contemporary Art, 04.12.2018 - 12.05.2019) / Stephanie Seidel, Manuela Ammer. - Miami (Florida) : ICA Miami, 2018 (p. 14) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : De collectie (tentoonstelling vanaf 21 maart 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2021 |
| Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand : La Collection (exposition dès le 21 mars 2021) / Johan De Smet, Bart Ooghe, Frederica Van Dam, Lieven Van Den Abeele, Cathérine Verleysen. - Gand : Musée des Beaux-Arts de Gand, 2021 |
| Fantastisch real : Belgische Moderne von Ensor bis Magritte (Ausstellung München, Kunsthalle, 01.10.2021 - 06.03.2022) / Roger Diederen, Nerina Santorius, Herwig Todts, Cathérine Verleysen, Peter J.H. Pauwels. - München : Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung (München), 2021 (p.128) |
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