Perspective I: Madame Recamier by David by René Magritte - 1949 - 60 x 80 cm private collection Perspective I: Madame Recamier by David by René Magritte - 1949 - 60 x 80 cm private collection

Perspective I: Madame Recamier by David

oil on canvas • 60 x 80 cm
  • René Magritte - November 21, 1898 - August 15, 1967 René Magritte 1949
During the late 1940s and early 1950s, the Surrealist painter René Magritte made a series of "Perspective" paintings based on well-known works by the French artists in which he substituted coffins for the figures represented in the original paintings. The composition is almost identical to David's portrait published in DailyArt yesterday. Whether you like it or not, Magritte's specific sense of humour endeared him to fans.