(also see A Small List of Great Artists : RENÉ MAGRITTE (Belgian, 1898-1967))
Read previous: Magritte’s Paintings of Pipes (Treachery of Images)
(Read more: Magritte’s Paintings of Pipes at the Museums)
An Artist’s Series
When I began working on my graphic novel, one thing that surprised me (and surprised me how much I delighted into delving DEEP into it whenever I discovered a new one!), was realizing how many artists’ famous pieces were often part of a series. These artists found something that got their juices flowing, got them wanting to paint every day, the same subject matter, over and over. They were really working at something, in creating all their artwork, but when they did a series of the same subject or composition, they were clearly not just trying to get at a nice work of art – they were working at it over and over again, sometimes from different angles or perspectives or variations – like they hadn’t quie gotten it right yet, and they were hoping to nail it even better. Or perhaps they knew they were onto something that was marketable and that they could make more money producing, so they just pumped them out for a paycheck.
It turns out (and I didn’t realize until I’d practically completed this graphic novel, eleven years after beginning it!) that Magritte’s pipe above (Treachery of Images) was one of these very series! (And I get the feeling that it might be the kind of series where the original was popular, and Magritte was popular, and fans would say, “Hey, ya know, I really loved your pipe, I’d love if I could get my hands on one of those,” or, “Hey, could ya make one in English instead of French?”, or, “It costs HOW much??…Well could you maybe make a cheaper one, like just with black ink on paper? Wait, THAT’S how much??? Well what about a print or something?”, and so on, and THAT’S why it’s a series! (That’s my theory.)
Read previous: Magritte’s Paintings of Pipes (Treachery of Images)
(Read more: Magritte’s Paintings of Pipes at the Museums)
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