Rene Magritte

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This paper briefly provides a biographical analysis of Rene Magritte. It begins by looking at his childhood and education and proceeds to analyze his work. The style and texture used in his paintings are examined and explained. The paper also analyzes some specific paintings, such as "The Origin of the World," "The Eternal Facts," "Philosophy in the Boudoir," and "The Ocean."

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"Still another very erotic work by Magritte is The Ocean, a black and white painting of a nude man by the seashore, and where there might have been a penis, instead there is an erect tiny nude woman, about the size of an erection that man that big would be expected to have. And yet another provocative erotic work is The titanic days, painted in 1928, showing the main nude body of a strong woman, who is pushing (it seems) a man away from her. The man is only about one-quarter complete, but his hand is on her right thigh, just inches from her public region."

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