The Mysteries of the Horizon by René Magritte - 1955 - 50 cm × 65 cm private collection The Mysteries of the Horizon by René Magritte - 1955 - 50 cm × 65 cm private collection

The Mysteries of the Horizon

oil on canvas • 50 cm × 65 cm
  • René Magritte - November 21, 1898 - August 15, 1967 René Magritte 1955

The painting depicts three seemingly identical men in bowler hats. They are in an outdoor setting at twilight. Though they appear to be sharing the same space each one also seems to exist in a separate reality. Each is facing a different direction. In the sky above each figure is a separate crescent moon. Men in bowler hats appear frequently in Magritte's work starting with his 1926 painting The Musings of a Solitary Walker. They are represented as having undefined or identical personalities.