Painters Magritte & Legros

In his commercial work Magritte had developed "a cool illustrational realism using simplified forms" that was to remain the hallmark of his style for the rest of his life (Gale 262). Magritte then joined with other artists in the Belgian Surrealist movement in 1926. A year later he moved to Paris where he associated with the French Surrealists such as AndrT Breton and Paul +luard. But Magritte's "anonymous pictorial style" did not appeal to the Parisians and his only major exhibition took place in Brussels. Somewhat discouraged, Magritte returned to Belgium in 1930 where he resided for the rest of his life. Magritte continued to paint and was an influential force in Surrealism throughout the 1930s. In the period 1934-36 the Belgian Surrealist movement raised its profile by identifying more publicly with international Surrealism and mounted an exhibition at the MusTe Royal in Brussels featuring works by the French S