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When one sees one of my pictures, one asks oneself this simple question, 'What does that mean?'. It does not mean anything, because mystery means nothing either, it is unknowable.
[Early Years]
He followed Impressionism, Futurism and cubism, the movements popular at that time.
1898 His mom commited suicide by drowning herself in the river. This is said to affect his painting style later in his works. 1915 Attended the Academie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels. 1918
Married Georgette Berger; Started job at a local wallpaper factory as a poster and advertisement designer.
1922
1923
Landscape Georgette at the Piano
1926
1927
1928
The lovers
1929
1937
The black flag
[Sunlit Period]
A colorful, painterly style was adopted as a reaction to his feelings of alienation and abandonment that came with living in German-occupied Belgium. 1943
1944
1946
Issued manifesto Surrealism in full sunlight, saying, We have neither the time nor the taste to play at Surrealist art, we have a huge task ahead of us, we must imagine charming objects which will awaken what is left within us of the instinct to pleasure.
[Vache Period]
He painted a provocative and crude Fauve style.
1947
[Mature Period]
1953 1954 He was given major retrospective exhibitions in Brussels. 1956
Golconda
1959
Castle in The Pyrenees
[Later Years]
1964
1967
C o l o r P a l e t t e Mo n o c h r o ma t i c Ha r mo n y
R G B ( 4 8 , 5 1 , 6 3 ) R G B ( 4 8 , 1 3 0 , 1 4 6 ) R G B ( 2 2 0 , 2 2 0 , 2 2 0 )R G B ( 2 3 7 , 2 3 6 , 2 3 6 )
C MY K ( 5 1 , 5 2 , 4 4 , 4 6 )C MY K ( 8 6 , 1 9 , 2 6 , 9 )
C MY K ( 9 , 7 , 7 , 0 )
C MY K ( 0 , 0 , 0 , 5 )
C o l o r S e l e c t i o n
I s e l e c t e dg r a y a s b a c k g r o u n dma i n l y f o r 2 r e a s o n s : 1 ) I t s t a y s h a r mo n i o u s l y w i t hR e n e Ma g r i t t e s p o r t r a i t . 2 ) T h e t i me l i n e i s q u i t e i n f o r ma t i v e , s o I u s e dg r a y a s i t s n e u t r a l a n di t i s n t d i s t r a c t i v e . T w o s l i g h t l y d i f f e r n t g r a y s w e r e u s e dt o d i s t i n g u i s ha mo n g d i f f e r e n t p e r i o d s o f t h e a r t i s t s l i f e .
T y p e f a c e &D e s i g np r o c e s s &T e x t s o u r c e
T y p e f a c e :
Na me : J u i c e A u t h o r : D h a n y A r l i y a n t i Hi s t o r y : T h i s i s a mo d e r nf o n t . I t w a s f i r s t r e l e a s e di nD e c e mb e r , 2 0 0 8 . Wh ywa s I a t t r a c t e d : T h e f o n t s h o w s a g o o dr e a d a b i l i t y .
D e s i g np r o c e s s :
1 ) D a t a g a t h e r i n g I s e a r c h e do nS c r i b dt o r e a dt h e f o r me r s t u d e n t s w o r k t o g e t a b r i e f i d e a o f t h e a r t i s t s s t y l e . L u c k i l y , i nt h e w r i t e u po f t h e s t u d e n t s w o r k , I f o u n dv e r y p r e c i o u s d o c u me n t s t h a t i n t r o d u c e t h e d i f f e r e n t p e r i o d s o f t h e a r t i s t s l i f e . Wi k i p e d i a i s a l s o a v e r y g o o ds o u r c e . 2 ) C o n c e p t b u i l d i n g I n t r o d u c e t h e a r t i s t s s e l e c t e da r t w o r k i nd i f f e r e n t p e r i o d s , a n dma r k t h e mi l e s t o n e e v e n t s . 3 ) V i s u a l i z a t i o nc o l l e c t i n g I s e a r c h e do nG o o g l e , P i n t e r e s t a n dD r i b b b l e t o l o o k f o r t h e t i me l i n e d e s i g n s t h a t a r e b o t he a s y t o r e a da n de y e c a t c h i n g . 4 ) C o n s o l i d a t i o nD e v e l o pmy o w nv i s u a l r e p r e s e n t a t i o nmo d e l a n df e e dd a t a . 5 ) I mp l e me n t a t i o nP h o t o s h o pw a s u s e dt o i s o l a t e i ma g e s . I l l u s t r a t o r w a s u s e df o r l a y o u t .
T e x t s o u r c e :
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