Rene Magritte is my favorite painter. He is the analogist of the canvas.
(if you open the first link in a new tab or page it may be easier to just use the sideways arrows above the paintings than these links, I can't decide so here's both)
Clairvoyance--egg is to bird as i am to self portrait
Not To Be Reproduced--mirror is to face as perspective is to vision
The Listening Room--size is to memory as apple is to room
Mysteries of the Horizon--moon is to individual as soul is to man
My personal favorite, Homesickness where views are to nature as black is to wings
and of course, The Treachery of Images where painting is to understanding as word is to mind.
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there was a huge and magnificent Magritte exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago when I was a junior in high school. I remember it so well- hall after all of his dreamy, crazy images. No one paints the sky like he does. Or a water colored ship sailing on the water. My very favorite is his Recamier- the chaise lounge with the bent coffin seated atop it.
love the magritte love!
I couldn't resist looking at the cair- here it is: http://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/magritte/magritte_recamier.jpg
He has so many mind-bending works! I can't imagine seeing them live. And yes, his skies, AHHH!!!
(I am not surprised by your favorite)
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