Magritte: This is Not a Biography (Art Masters)

by Vincent Zabus

Other authors: Thomas Campi (Illustrator)

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After donning a bowler hat that once belonged to Rene? Magritte, a man unwittingly enters the artist's off-kilter world. He must uncover the secrets of Magritte's life and work or be doomed to wear the hat forever.

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A surrealistic biography of Magritte is fitting, I suppose, but it is also too clever by half. It’s funny how I can find a surrealistic image to be quite arresting, but more often than not a surrealistic story to be annoying. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Vincent Zabus	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Campi, Thomas	Illustrator	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Magritte : Ceci n'est pas une biographie

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Le Perreux-sur-Marne, Île-de-France, France

Jette, Brussels, Belgium

Musée Magritte Museum, Brussels, Belgium

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A bowler hat!

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French

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After donning a bowler hat that once belonged to Rene? Magritte, a man unwittingly enters the artist's off-kilter world. He must uncover the secrets of Magritte's life and work or be doomed to wear the hat forever.

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