The Surreal World of Rene Magritte - explore the Mind of an Artistic Maverick - Art History School

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @thedanespeaks
    @thedanespeaks 2 года назад +48

    I feel like Magritte really hit on the surrealism and absurdity of dreams much better than anyone else. The realism with something just "off" really does something so much better than Dali in my opinion. Also he literally painted the image everyone uses to describe semiotics.

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад +10

      I must admit I prefer him to Dali, who probably was one of the world's greatest showmen.

    • @Cua-tanet
      @Cua-tanet Год назад +4

      ​@Art History School Yes. Dali was more of a performer than a painter. Also, he wasn't a nice person.

    • @ceci1017
      @ceci1017 Год назад +2

      @@Cua-tanet It is said he was a hitler sympathiser. Not really sure if it is true but damn.

    • @KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv
      @KygoCalvinHarris-xu4kv Год назад

      René Magritte

    • @goodname5920
      @goodname5920 Год назад +3

      I know it's a different medium, but David lynch absolutely nailed how dreams work according to Freudian dream interpretation

  • @samjohns3227
    @samjohns3227 2 года назад +82

    I don't feel he ever really received the recognition he should have, what a genius this man was.

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад +10

      Perhaps not, but where would the advertising sector be without his ideas. Cheers

    • @Merzui-kg8ds
      @Merzui-kg8ds Год назад +1

      Fairly standard for great artists.

    • @dnlgrmn7169
      @dnlgrmn7169 Год назад +3

      He was well celebrated in his lifetime, and got many in many international exhibitions.

    • @waen606
      @waen606 Год назад

      Way ahead of his time ...still ahead of it.And as society devolves ..the gap will only become greater .

  • @wishingonthemoon1
    @wishingonthemoon1 Год назад +5

    I learned about him in art class when I began at the high school at 12 years old. He’d been a favorite of mine ever since then, the impression his paintings made me was so strong.

  • @emiliayonekokumata7167
    @emiliayonekokumata7167 9 месяцев назад +1

    When I first saw his paintings in a magazine in Brazil in the late 70s I was so intrigued that I kept his arts in my mind. What I most admire about all these great artists is the fact that they kept loyal to their beliefs, producing authentic arts, even being rejected. And the power of turning pain and harship in art, maybe was a way to give a real meaning to their lives.

  • @JayGideon-7
    @JayGideon-7 2 года назад +34

    Paul you just keep out doing yourself! This was fascinating! I'm always so grateful for your videos. I'm 65 I've been painting all my life, I still don't think I'm very good and I try very hard. But I find that it is indeed the journey not the destination I'm after. You're an inspiration.

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад +4

      Many thanks William, much appreciated. Good luck with your painting. Cheers

    • @simaturna9765
      @simaturna9765 2 года назад

      @@ArtHistorySchool thank you sir 🙏Mr Paul please go on Your coverage is fascinating 🙏

  • @marccolten9801
    @marccolten9801 2 года назад +11

    Thank you. In the mid 1960's I walked into the MOMA without knowing what was on display and walked right into the Magritte exhibit that you showed. It amazed me and I have loved his work ever since. The painting with the giant comb and wine glass was so realistic that you felt as if you could reach in and remove them, I also loved the ones you didn’t show like the fire breathing chess pieces. I never knew his life story until now.

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад +1

      I have seen a few of his exhibitions over the years, he was an amazing artist.

  • @imanelyazid4215
    @imanelyazid4215 2 года назад +1

    What a brilliant video.. you explained art using art ... surrealism at its peak

  • @andrzejmaranda3699
    @andrzejmaranda3699 2 года назад +1

    Art History School: REALLY INTRIGUING!

  • @alijoueizadeh2896
    @alijoueizadeh2896 11 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for your precious time.

  • @luv2knit61
    @luv2knit61 2 года назад +47

    I love this series. I learn so much about artists I would never have known about otherwise. I always look forward to a new video from you!

  • @LK_508-30
    @LK_508-30 2 года назад +3

    Saved my life, had to write a paper on Magritte and what makes him special, this video really helped me hit the nail on the head

  • @laburgy
    @laburgy 2 года назад +5

    Extraordinary amount of fascinating information about Magritte whose work I have loved since the late 1960s. I particularly like your combination of his personal life and his career. Thank you so much.

  • @paulpiacentini
    @paulpiacentini 2 месяца назад +1

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @marcelachaves875
    @marcelachaves875 9 месяцев назад +1

    Absolutely wonderful video. Thank you fo the info on his life and work, brilliant.

  • @jennyhughes4474
    @jennyhughes4474 2 года назад +2

    Thank you for this. I've got a brain injury (got 16 years ago, caused by NHS medics' serious errors/injuries, in the UK) and had forgotten that I used to have a poster/print of Magritte's painting of shoes with toes up in my room, which at that time (when I was a very young adult) I really loved.

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад

      Yes, Red Shoes as the print is called, is an amazing image.

  • @ikaria1371
    @ikaria1371 2 года назад +1

    The best come back. Magritte was one of my favorite artist

  • @kambrose1549
    @kambrose1549 2 года назад +4

    I love the huge array of paintings you use in your productions. They are often new to me and reveal a far greater breadth of work by each artist. Thankyou!

  • @frops7698
    @frops7698 2 года назад +3

    I’m an assistant at the painter’s house, you did a great and really accurate job, congratulation! (I guess you worked with the Silvester catalogue). I shared the video on our fb page ;)
    But you didn’t mention us, nor the address, 135 rue Esseghem in Brussels, we were the first René Magritte Museum, in 1999 :)

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад +1

      Thank you for that, your comment is much appreciated and thank you for sharing my video on your FB page. Apologies, for not mentioning your museum specifically, there was so much more I could have mentioned. But I limit myself to covering an artist's life in less than 20 minutes so inevitably some things don't make the final video. I will, however, put a link to the first René Magritte Museum on the Magritte page of my website, artistinschool.com over the next couple of days. Cheers

  • @LOGOASSASSIN
    @LOGOASSASSIN Год назад +1

    Awesome thanks. He's a huge influence of mine.

  • @gogo-word
    @gogo-word Год назад +4

    Excellent overview of a quizzical painter. I enjoyed how he presented images that made one think, even question.
    Thanks!

  • @tanjanovicic2926
    @tanjanovicic2926 2 года назад

    Amazing! Beautiful,beautiful,besutiful painter.🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸💞

  • @dianeo
    @dianeo 2 года назад +7

    Wonderful! One of my fav artists in the spotlight. Thank you for doing this.

  • @beblader9
    @beblader9 2 года назад +2

    Always look forward to these!

  • @constancewalsh3646
    @constancewalsh3646 2 года назад

    Dear Paul, have you never tasted a delicious MIMOSA in bed with toast and eggs, served by a beloved? Now I see that this is your own created channel, am very grateful for you, and your love of art and artists of times gone by.

  • @LagartoEl
    @LagartoEl Год назад +1

    Another great video! It occurs to me that the emphasis here is not on the technique or style, but on the thinking and the subject matter. Others have observed that Magritte's influence is massive and yet he remains a relatively obscure figure.

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  Год назад +1

      That's very true his work certainly makes you think.

  • @marktabla5434
    @marktabla5434 2 года назад +1

    16:20 the 10/28/22 Final Jeopardy clue about who did "L'oiseau de ciel" that none of the contestants got right brought me here. They all guessed Picasso and I'd never heard of Magtitte until now. Interesting stuff.

  • @jetpetty1613
    @jetpetty1613 2 года назад +1

    so much creative energy in the 1920s

  • @men_del12
    @men_del12 2 года назад +2

    So far, as I learn to watch this channel, I think this artist has alot to talk more about his life than others. Mostly because his life story kinds uniquely bittersweet or something.

  • @tradcatholic
    @tradcatholic 2 года назад +2

    What a magnificent story teller you are. Thank you

  • @chrisandres6698
    @chrisandres6698 2 года назад +3

    This is incredible- more more more - making yourself into the artist’s work is a fantastic idea- imagine you as a Francis Bacon painting!

  • @DonnaSnyder
    @DonnaSnyder 2 года назад +1

    It's been so long since I've seen one of your ever excellent videos. I learned a number of details of Magritte's life I had not already known. Thank you.

  • @AnnaFitz
    @AnnaFitz 2 года назад +9

    Thank you so much for your wonderful work! Such an informative video about one of my favorite artists

  • @alicekar4586
    @alicekar4586 2 года назад +1

    This series is just brilliant

  • @astrid4532
    @astrid4532 2 года назад +1

    What a treat it is, dear Paul, to watch yr videos. They r so educative, informative, inspiring and interesting. Thank u very much for another amazing video! The details and facts are second to none. And it's so wonderful, how u illustrate yr videos with the works of the artist. Absolutely awesome. Thank u!

  • @JaneCarr-tf7ro
    @JaneCarr-tf7ro 6 месяцев назад

    Thank you. I like the clear way you explain things. It's enjoyable and smooth on the ear.

  • @trappedinacommet
    @trappedinacommet 2 года назад +3

    A longtime fan of Magritte's work, I never really learned about his life or influences. Thank you for rounding out my image of him. This was fascinating and brought a lot of the emotions I felt looking at his work just that much more accessible and human.

  • @forevershampoo
    @forevershampoo Год назад

    What a cool ass time to be alive, going to painting school in brussels in early 20th. Man

  • @pianotime8652
    @pianotime8652 2 года назад +2

    Thank you again.
    Wonderful story, beautiful art and your voice is magic...
    I never heard about this painter.
    With every new video I become a better person.
    Now I know what I will check out at my visit to Belgium :)

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад

      Thank you so much 😀 Enjoy your visit to Belgium

  • @pilarguerrero3405
    @pilarguerrero3405 2 года назад +1

    Interesting video about an artist I didn't know that much about. I look forward to visiting his museum. Thanks a lot for your work.

  • @governancesection9422
    @governancesection9422 2 года назад

    Thanks so much for this. I just visited the museum today. Your talk helped me put what I saw into perspective.

  • @pmo8672
    @pmo8672 2 года назад +1

    I always feel so happy and inspired after watching your videos!! I love they way you tell the stories behind these artists's lives, and I always learn something interesting!

  • @danieladeutsch1708
    @danieladeutsch1708 2 года назад +2

    Thank you so much. Very fascinating! I have missed you, sir Paul. XX

  • @phoeberaymond8781
    @phoeberaymond8781 2 года назад

    I had a dream eerily similar to that painting with the pyramid one and now I feel like I need to finish painting it. Love this artist

  • @iandouceartist
    @iandouceartist Год назад

    Hi, I'm new to you channel, I have an arts degree but always want to learn more, it helps my understanding of history and sometimes inspire my work. Thanks for producing such a well presented look at the world of art.

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  Год назад

      Welcome to my channel. I hope you enjoy my other videos. Cheers

  • @anthonyfrew1571
    @anthonyfrew1571 2 месяца назад

    I love Magritte

  • @robertjohnburton9775
    @robertjohnburton9775 2 года назад +2

    Excellent, you know what to cut to, what is important - very enjoyable

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад

      Really pleased you like the way I put these videos together. Cheers

  • @wysiwyg2489
    @wysiwyg2489 2 года назад

    The Brandenburg Konzert music at 0:40 is sublime. Great analysis! most ppl remembers him by his surrealist period only.

  • @Canmore06
    @Canmore06 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant video from a great teacher and explainer. Thank you!

  • @robertap.5993
    @robertap.5993 Год назад

    I'm going to Brussels next month and plan on visiting the museum that's shows his work.Looking forward to it 😎

  • @pabragal
    @pabragal 2 года назад +2

    I loved this video! thank you for all the facts and explanations to his works. Really well done 👏

  • @sebtyson9232
    @sebtyson9232 2 года назад +2

    Not sure if you're taking suggestions, but I feel as though the Zambian painter/sculptor Henry Tayali would make a great video for your channel. Like Husain, he's the most famous artist from his country and is rarely discussed by art historians, despite his massive talent. Love your videos!!

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад +2

      Glad you enjoy my channel. I'm afraid I haven't heard of Henry Tayali, I'll look him up. Cheers

    • @avicennitegh1377
      @avicennitegh1377 2 года назад +1

      Maybe his work is not considered "western art" which is what "art history" covers. Doesn't mean artists outside of that aren't important; it's just a different category. Zambian Henry Tayali was a modern African artist of renown.

  • @phinnewman3347
    @phinnewman3347 Год назад

    That's an extraordinary video. Thank you so much for your effort in sharing your passion.

  • @poeticoutlaw4504
    @poeticoutlaw4504 2 года назад

    This is my favorite channel!

  • @cara9592
    @cara9592 2 года назад

    Each video educates and provides insight into these amazing lives. Thank you Paul for providing this content, I look forward to each one.

  • @XGMeta
    @XGMeta 2 года назад

    really great video, I own a skateboard deck with Magritte's Son of Man, it hangs perfectly on my wall. Love his work,

  • @Angel35851
    @Angel35851 2 года назад

    Really enjoy your work and the way you deliver the story of the artist. Thank you...

  • @rainerburmeister5758
    @rainerburmeister5758 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for another great video!

  • @michelenichele294
    @michelenichele294 2 года назад

    You have given us another gem to enjoy.
    Merci beaucoup!🙏🤗

  • @mirkomustapic3883
    @mirkomustapic3883 Год назад +1

    What a genius

  • @Wetknees
    @Wetknees 2 года назад

    0:22 I knew there was a deeper reason why I like this artist. Not just his artwork

  • @jorgergonzalezvisualartist8925
    @jorgergonzalezvisualartist8925 2 года назад

    Excellent!! Thank you the wonderful travels you take us back into these artists lives!

  • @Pablo-pd2gr
    @Pablo-pd2gr Год назад

    Your channel is a treasure ❤❤❤

  • @ericchristen2623
    @ericchristen2623 2 года назад

    That's what all us outside-the-box super creators really need. A community of like - minded individuals. That Parisienne style group is so difficult to find nowadays.. We imagineers and seers are so lonely in normal (heavily brainwashed) society.

  • @mariafrancis7653
    @mariafrancis7653 2 года назад +1

    Brilliant , love all your videos. Thank you for this one v

  • @gowanhewlett745
    @gowanhewlett745 2 года назад

    Another exceptionally interesting presentation....Thankyou

  • @tr_g
    @tr_g 2 года назад

    I love this series. Thank you for sharing.

  • @kenneth1767
    @kenneth1767 2 года назад

    I remember Paul Simon wrote and sang a song about Rene and Georgette. I now remember that I had always wondered what 'deep forbidden music they've been longing for' was about.

  • @katiemary
    @katiemary 2 года назад +1

    Amazing video, so engaging. Very inspirational for me. Thank you

  • @jeanettekamphuisofartistic1414
    @jeanettekamphuisofartistic1414 2 года назад

    Great presentation. I learn a lot from ur fun and classy presentations. Thank you

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад

      You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers

  • @brokenrecord3523
    @brokenrecord3523 2 года назад

    He traveled to New York to visit an exhibition of his own art? Surely, he had seen these pieces already. Artists, so unique, but just the same.
    -And, thank you for this look into so many artists in which we should all know at least a little bit.

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад +1

      Most artists attend the Private Views of their own major exhibitions at prestigious galleries

  • @sergioespitia7847
    @sergioespitia7847 2 года назад

    Fantastic retrospective!!!

  • @robertdufour2456
    @robertdufour2456 2 года назад

    Wonderful! Wonderful! I love your introduction also

  • @ac-uk6hs
    @ac-uk6hs Год назад

    As usual another great article thank you

  • @jdsj6271
    @jdsj6271 2 года назад

    Thanks you for sharing your information about the great artist in the world, very inspiring!

  • @ellieejo
    @ellieejo 2 года назад

    love the intro and animation! so well put together

  • @andrewfrost8866
    @andrewfrost8866 2 года назад +1

    Excellent and, as always, incredibly informative!!

  • @anthonycavallero6637
    @anthonycavallero6637 2 года назад

    Imlookingforwardto this subscription

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад

      Many thanks for subscribing, new videos will come along around every couple of months. Cheers

    • @anthonycavallero6637
      @anthonycavallero6637 2 года назад

      @@ArtHistorySchool I'm so excited thank you so much. . !!

  • @MirnaGuerrero1968ZineK
    @MirnaGuerrero1968ZineK 2 года назад

    Gracias por tu trabajo, saludos desde Argentina, ¡me encantó!

  • @michelafanara5397
    @michelafanara5397 2 года назад

    Thank you for your lovely work!

  •  2 года назад

    Thank you for sharing this great video!

  • @helenefrench4275
    @helenefrench4275 2 года назад

    Absolutely stunning presentation Paul. Thank you so much for your hard work. I do like your accent to top it all :) All the best to you :)

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад

      Many thanks! Really pleased you enjoy my videos. My accent is originally from Yorkshire.

  • @andersonstiven6829
    @andersonstiven6829 2 года назад

    Esta bueno que el video esté subtitulado, así atraerá público de todas partes, gracias.

  • @marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974
    @marisaelenenadiejamusiccom3974 2 года назад

    Fantastic video, I just saved it. I love this artist! I love a lot of unknown artists as well. I am also a visual artist. 🙂

  • @curiousme8
    @curiousme8 2 года назад

    Thank you for your amazing educational videos!

  • @GGlovescj
    @GGlovescj 2 года назад

    I hope you get more subscribers and never stop making these videos

  • @georgeflutey838
    @georgeflutey838 2 года назад

    Thanks Paul, Another very interesting video.

  • @cdifffc1754
    @cdifffc1754 2 года назад

    Absolutely love this Channel , thank you for the content !

  • @monzermasri8141
    @monzermasri8141 Год назад

    شكراً.. حلقة ممتعة عن رينيه ماغريت .. رغم أن صوره قليلة كما يبدو!

  • @rutbrea8796
    @rutbrea8796 2 года назад

    I like his paintings very much.

  • @1967davidsrebrnik
    @1967davidsrebrnik 2 года назад

    My favorite painter !

  • @Crime_Lab
    @Crime_Lab 2 года назад

    Thank you so much!

  • @johndoe604
    @johndoe604 2 года назад

    Kudos, very well done. Thanks

  • @lidiaadobato7822
    @lidiaadobato7822 2 года назад

    I enjoyed your video a lot. Thank you!

  • @1x3dil
    @1x3dil 2 года назад

    Well sir I’ve been working my way through your back catalogue , and can confirm I’ve gained more of an insight to the artist I thought I new when I previously relayed on just reference books . Yes I appreciate a degree of poetic license , but it never detracts from the premise of the interpretation. As someone who has now for some 15 years plus been devoting a lot of my work in the misguided hope of trying to replicate the work of Jackson pollock . I was wondering if such an individual would be a suitable subject , let’s face it as a person he was less than desirable or without issues . But I find his work totally fascinating , and from my perspective impossible to replicate which is of course the beautiful irony . Best wishes and kind regards to your good self

    • @ArtHistorySchool
      @ArtHistorySchool  2 года назад

      Many thanks for kind comment. Jackson Pollock is on my list but there are few more to do first. Good luck with your painting. Cheers

    • @1x3dil
      @1x3dil 2 года назад

      @@ArtHistorySchool thank you for taking the time to reply , I’m about to start a large Triptych for a high fetcher wall in our house . Trouble is my dear understanding wife has insisted it must on no account look like a Jackson Pollock , so this could prove not only interesting but for me quite a challenge . Still nothing ventured etc 😂. Best wishes and kind regards as always. 👍👍👍

  • @azuraroycroft2419
    @azuraroycroft2419 2 года назад

    Love your videos! Thanks!

  • @RosssRoyce
    @RosssRoyce 2 года назад

    Charming! Thanks!!

  • @andrewclayton4181
    @andrewclayton4181 2 года назад

    I like Magritte, some have a cartoon quality about them, but they are all thought provoking.

  • @austinkonchira1568
    @austinkonchira1568 2 года назад

    Nicely done

  • @mamikOmotto
    @mamikOmotto 2 года назад

    great video! thank you

  • @silvinarodriguez1633
    @silvinarodriguez1633 2 года назад

    this chanel is the best!!!!