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)

"....
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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