# List of paintings by René Magritte

This is a list of the works of Belgian painter René Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967), a key surrealist painter known for the wittiness of his work.

## Paintings

This list includes paintings attributed to Magritte.

### 1898–1925: Early years

| Title | Year | Location | Medium | Dimensions (cm.) | Comments |
| Nude | 1919 | Brachot Gallery, Brussels | oil on canvas | 40 x 29 cm | |
| Landscape | 1920 | | oil on canvas | 83 x 64 cm | |
| Portrait of Pierre Bourgeois | 1920 | | oil on canvas | | |
| Bathers | 1921 | | oil on canvas | 55 x 38 cm | |
| Portrait of Pierre Broodcoorens | 1921 | | oil on canvas | | |
| L'Écuyère | 1922 | | oil on canvas | 63 x 90 cm | Also known as The Station |
| The Model | 1922 | Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi | oil on canvas | 40 x 29 cm | Also known as Woman Bathing |
| Donna | 1923 | | oil on canvas | 46 x 38 cm | |
| Georgette at the Piano | 1923 | Brachot Gallery, Brussels | oil on canvas | 44 x 36.5 cm | |
| Modern | 1923 | | oil on canvas | | |
| Self-portrait | 1923 | | oil on canvas | | |
| Night Life | 1923 | | oil on canvas | 50.1 x 40.2 cm | |
| Three Nudes in an Interior | 1923 | | oil on canvas | 59.5 x 55.5 cm | |
| Youth | 1924 | | oil on canvas | 50.5 x 41 cm | |
| Advertisements for "Norine" | 1925 | | gouache on paper | | |
| The Bather | 1925 | Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi | oil on canvas | 50 x 100 cm | |
| Blue Cinema | 1925 | Private collection | oil on canvas | 65 x 54cm | |
| Nocturne | 1925 | | oil on canvas | 65 × 75 cm | |
| Reclining Nude | 1925 | | oil on canvas | | |
| The Window | 1925 | | oil on canvas | | |
| Untitled | 1925 | Private collection | collage | 55 x 40 cm | |

### 1926–1930: Paris

| Title | Year | Location | Medium | Dimensions (cm.) |
| Wreckage of the Dark | 1926 | Musée de Grenoble | Oil on canvas | 120 x 80 cm |
| Popular Panorama | 1926 | | Oil on canvas | 120 x 80 cm |
| Silvered Chasm | 1926 | | Oil on canvas | 75 x 65 cm |
| Famous Man | 1926 | | Oil on canvas | 65 x 81 cm |
| Sensational News | 1926 | | Oil on canvas | 62 x 81 cm |
| Desert Catapult | 1926 | | Oil on canvas | 75 x 65 cm |
| Rêve d'étudiant | 1926 | Nationalgalerie. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Sammlung Scharf-Gerstenberg | Öl. Ripolin und Bleistift auf Leinwand | 80.3 x 70 cm |
| Portrait of Paul Nougé | 1927 | Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique | Oil on canvas | 95 x 65 cm |
| Forest | 1927 | Musée de l’art wallon | Oil on canvas | 100 x 73 cm |
| Table. Ocean and Fruit | 1927 | | Oil on canvas | 50 x 65 cm |
| Taste for the Invisible | 1927 | | Oil on canvas | 100 x 73 cm |
| Double Secret (Le double secret) | 1927 | Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. France | Oil on canvas | 114 x 162 cm |
| Meaning of Night | 1927 | Menil Collection (Houston. Tex.) | Oil on canvas | 139 x 105 cm |
| The Murderous Sky (Le ciel meurtrier) | 1927 | Musée National d’Art Moderne. Centre Georges Pompidou. Paris. France | Oil on canvas | 73 x 100 cm |
| Female Thief | 1927 | Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique | Oil on canvas | 100 x 73 cm |
| Prince of Objects | 1927 | | Oil on canvas with collaged canvas | 50 x 65 cm |
| The Menaced Assassin | 1927 | The Museum of Modern Art; Kay Sage Tanguy Fund | Oil on canvas | 150.4 x 195.2 cm |
| Palace of Curtains | 1928 | | Oil on canvas | 81 x 116 cm |
| Voice of Silence | 1928 | | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm |
| Acrobat's Ideas | 1928 | Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst | Oil on canvas | 116 x 81 cm |
| Swift Hope | 1928 | Hamburger Kunsthalle | Oil on canvas | 49.5 x 64 cm |
| Flowers of the Abyss I | 1928 | | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm |
| Flood | 1928 | | Oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm |
| Acrobat's Rest | 1928 | | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm |
| Apparition | 1928 | Galerie Brusberg | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm |
| Delights of Landscape | 1928 | | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm |
| Lovers II | 1928 | National Gallery of Australia | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm |
| Obsession | 1928 | Nationalgalerie (Germany) | Oil on canvas | 81 x 116 cm |
| La Voix des airs | 1928 | Buffalo AKG Art Museum; Albert H. Tracy Fund. by exchange. and George B. and Jenny R. Mathews Fund. 1976 | Oil on canvas | overall: 83.82 x 68.58 x 7.62 cm |
| The Voice of Silence (La voix du silence) | 1928 | Worcester Art Museum; Stoddard Acquisition Fund | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm |
| Flowers of the Abyss II | 1928 | | Oil on canvas | 41 x 27 cm |
| Magic Light | 1928 | | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm |
| The False Mirror | 1928 | The Museum of Modern Art; Purchase | Oil on canvas | 54 x 80.9 cm |
| Six Elements | 1928 | Philadelphia Museum of Art | Oil on canvas | 73 x 100 cm |
| Attempting the Impossible | 1928 | | Oil on canvas | 116 x 81 cm |
| Lost World | 1928 | Kunstmuseum Winterthur | Oil on canvas | 54.5 x 73.5 cm |
| Apparition | 1928 | Staatsgalerie Stuttgart | Oil on canvas | 82.5 x 116 cm |
| Palace of Curtains III | 1928-29 | Museum of Modern Art (New York. N.Y.) | Oil on canvas | 81.2 x 116.4 cm |
| Portrait of Paul-Gustave van Hecke | 1928 | | Oil on canvas | 65 x 50 cm |
| The Lovers | 1928 | The Museum of Modern Art; Gift of Richard S. Zeisler | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73.4 cm |
| Literal Meaning II | 1929 | Menil Collection (Houston. Tex.) | Oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm |
| Literal Meaning IV | 1929 | | Oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm |
| Literal Meaning VI | 1929 | | Oil on canvas | 54 x 73 cm |
| The Treason of Images (This is not a Pipe) | 1929 | | Oil on canvas | 55 x 72 cm |
| Tree of Knowledge | 1929 | | Oil on canvas | 41 x 27 cm |
| The Eternally Obvious (L'évidence éternelle) | 1930 | The Menil Collection | Oil on five separately stretched and framed canvases mounted on acrylic sheet | 167.6 × 38.1 × 55.9 cm |
| La clef des songes. | 1930 | Private Collection. Vienna | Oil on canvas | 81 x 60 cm |
| Depths of the Earth | 1930 | | Oil on canvas: four canvases framed and mounted on glass | 12 x 22 cm; 16 x 22 cm; 22 x 16 cm; 19 x 24 cm |
| Portrait of E.L.T. Mesens | 1930 | | Oil on canvas | 73 x 54 cm |