22 maart 2019
René Magritte #3
Esseghemstraat 135, Jette, Brussel, van 1930 tot 1954 woning en atelier van René Magritte, nu René Magritte Museum.
Eetkamer.
Woonkamer.
Keuken.
Slaapkamer.
Tuin en Studio Dongo. (bron: René Magritte Museum en Schirn)
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Magritte is what you read above the doorbell at Rue Esseghem 135. This is one of just a few details that do not correspond to the original state of the dwelling because, in fact, the Magrittes lived only on the bottom floor of the multi-story brick house. “You can see that the Magrittes lived a very modest life here!” An employee opens the door to the museum, which is largely and primarily a former dwelling.
You immediately find yourself right in the middle of it, directly behind the front door begins the corridor that leads to each of the rooms: To the left is the spacious living room, through the double doors you get a glimpse of the small bedroom, and to the right on the coatrack hang a walking stick and hat, as if Monsieur Magritte had only just put them there. Once around to the left and on the other side of the corridor is the kitchen and bathroom, and before them the dining and work room – Magritte preferred painting here to in his studio, just as his habits in general contradicted much-repeated artistic clichés in certain regards.
While it is estimated that he created a good half of his total body of work in this location, it was his wife who earned a large proportion of the monthly household income. It was only much later that he was able to make some money out of his art; when the couple were no longer quite so young, they treated themselves to a spacious apartment in the Schaerbeek district (where you can now visit the graves of Magritte and certain other surrealists). The second financial mainstay: Studio Dongo, a mini agency for advertising and film posters, which René Magritte founded together with his brother from a base in the garden shed, aka the studio."
(bron: Schirn)
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René Magritte (1898-1967)
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