rene magritte, this is not a pipeBorn in Belgium in 1898, Magritte created his own unique style in the surrealist world until he passed away in 1967. He is one of the greatest masters of twentieth century art and had huge influence in various fields such as music, film, literature, and also in the area of popular culture, regardless of the East and the West. Departing from his early work influenced by Cubism and Futurism, and influenced by Giorgio de Chirico and Surrealism, Magritte formed his own unique style of painting. However, unlike Surrealists, whose techniques such as automatism yield to almost abstract images, Magritte realistically portrayed familiar objects but placed them in incongruent settings or juxtaposed them with contrasting elements. Through this technique, called depaysement, he focused on visual shock or creating a mysterious atmosphere.
