The Forbidden Universe
painting by René Magritte
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- In René Magritte
” In such works as The Forbidden Universe (1943), Magritte painted a mermaidlike figure reclining on a sofa using broad brushstrokes and a soft palette reminiscent of the Impressionist painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The paintings he produced in this period, however, were not successful by most accounts, and he eventually abandoned…
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