René Magritte Belgian, 1898–1967
The Banquet
1958
René Magritte's 'The Banquet' (1958) depicts a party of top-hatted men gathered around a table in a pristine landscape while a vast red sun blazes, not behind but in front of the trees — one of Magritte's most concise Surrealist displacements of everyday perception. Oil on canvas, Art Institute of Chicago.
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Image source: Art Institute of Chicago