43.+René+Magritte+(1898-1957)

**1. Birthplace **

 * Lessines, Belgium**

**2. Art movement (for example, the Renaissance) **

 * Surrealism**

**3. Where did they study or who did they apprentice with? **

 * He went to the Academie dex Beaux-Arts in Brussels to study art.**

**4. Who or what influenced their work? **

 * He was initially influenced by Cubism and Futurism**

**5. What made their work unique? Describe their style of artwork. **

 * Rene Magritte basically started the movement of Surrealism so thats pretty unique in itself. His artwork was very abstract and hardly even made any sense whatsoever.**

**7. Include a quote by or about the artist. **

 * My painting is visible images which conceal nothing... they evoke mystery and indeed when one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question 'What does that mean'? It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.”**

** 10. Most famous works (3 or more) **
