RENE MAGRITTE (1898-1967) SECOND FILM AND FINE ARTS WORLD FESTIVAL OF BELGIUM. 1949. 47 1/2x30 1/2 inches, 120 3/4x77 1/2 cm. O. de Rycker, Brussels. Condition B+: creases in upper image; minor repaired tears and abrasions in margins and image; overpainting in text at bottom. Known as one of the world's most important Surrealist painters, Magritte also spent a large part of his life working in advertising, both to help sustain himself during lean times and out of an interest in publicity. Toward the end of his life when money was no longer a problem, he designed a poster for Sabena airlines depicting a bird filled with a cloudy sky. In this poster for a film festival in Brussels, in his recognizable style, he uses the forehead of a woman as a movie screen. From 1942 to 1944, Magritte did a number of ads for a perfume company called Provence, with a lady's face treated in the same style. Magritte had used this image once before, in 1947 for the first Film Festival.
