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🎨 10 Mind-Bending Facts About René Magritte The Belgian surrealist master who made us question reality with pipes, apples & bowler hats. Swipe through for 10 fascinating facts 👉 1. His most famous line: “Ceci n’est pas une pipe” (“This is not a pipe”) — a reminder that a painting of a pipe is NOT a real pipe. 2. Tragedy shaped his art — At age 13–14, his mother drowned by su***de. Her nightgown covering her face when found is believed to have inspired the veiled faces in paintings like The Lovers. 3. Started as a commercial artist — Designed posters and ads for years. That clean, graphic style became his surrealist signature. 4. Longtime love — Married Georgette Berger (met as kids) in 1922. They stayed together until his death, despite some rocky chapters. 5. The bowler hat guy — Those anonymous men in suits & bowler hats (including The Son of Man with the floating apple) were basically his version of the everyday “everyman.” He wore them too! 6. Brief colorful detour — During WWII he painted in a vibrant, Renoir-like Impressionist style for a short time before returning to classic surrealism. 7. Forgery pro — Painted fake Picassos & Renoirs to survive during the German occupation. 8. Dream-inspired genius — Woke up from a dream seeing an egg in a birdcage instead of a bird — sparking his obsession with transforming everyday objects. 9. Master of mystery — Loved playing with scale, words, and impossible scenes (trains from fireplaces, raining men, floating rocks). 10. Eternal legacy — Died in 1967, but his witty, philosophical art lives on in museums, pop culture, memes & ads worldwide. Which fact surprised you most? Or what’s your favorite Magritte painting? Comment below! ❤️ Dm to be featured ** #RenéMagritte #Surrealism #ArtHistory #TheSonOfMan #ThisIsNotAPipe

#AGOInspiration — Georgia O’Keeffe’s adobe house at Abiquiú, New Mexico. She bought it in 1945 as a roofless ruin, parts of it dating to the 1700s, and spent the next four years turning it into the home she’d live in for the rest of her life. What drew her wasn’t the house at all — it was a single black door set into the courtyard wall.

Get a real bang on the 4th!

So sorry there have been no posts until recently-someone hijacked my pages name and has been posting under another name but I think I’m back now

Hop on over to Aubergine for Spring and Easter delights- see you soon!

I hope to see you on Friday- space #57

Just brought in this cute blow mold available at Aubergine today!

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