The Belgian painter René François Ghislain Magritte was born on November 21, 1898, and died on August 15, 1967. He was from the city of Lessines in Hainaut, Belgium. His upbringing was fraught with his mother’s suicide when he was in his early teenage years, and he was reportedly also raised by his grandmother. He was known as a Surrealist artist but also started his painting career exploring styles like Impressionism, Cubism, and Futurism.