Dose of Art #173: René Magritte – The Portrait (1935)
It could have been just a still-life – be it a modern one – if it wasn’t for the eye […]
Belgian Art
Dose of Art #167: Emile Claus – Koeien bij het oversteken van de Leie / Cows crossing the Lys (1899)
This is the version hanging in the Museum of fine arts in Brussels, Belgium but other versions exist (Claus made […]
Dose of Art #153: Constantin Meunier- The Return of the Coal Miners (c. 1850-1900)
Meunier was a painter an sculptor who started out working on religious themes. When he visited the Belgian mining areas […]
Dose of Art #99: Rene Magritte – The Empire of Lights (1954)
Between 1949 and 1964 Magritte made 16 versions of this painting and it is one of his most popular works. […]