Magritte, a photo from Madrid, Madrid

Photographer's Note

When I took this one, inmediately reminds me about Magritte´s world, running parallel to our daily world...
René François Ghislain Magritte (Lessines, Belgium, November 21, 1898 - Brussels, Belgium, August 15, 1967) was a Belgian surrealist painter.
Magritte Surrealism provided the conceptual burden of a game based on ambiguous imagery and its meaning through words denoted by putting into question the relationship between an object and the actual painting.
Her first painting courses at Châtelet. In 1915 begins to make his first works in the line of Impressionism. Between 1916 and 1918 studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. Exhibits for the first time at the Art Center in Brussels in 1920 by Pierre-Louis Flouquet, with whom he shared a studio. After military service temporarily working as a designer in a paper mill. In 1923 participates Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy, Feininger and Paul Joostens maria a flower exhibition at the Royal Art Circle.
His work in the period 1920-1924, for its treatment of the themes of modern life, its brilliant color and its research on the relations of the three-dimensional shape with the flat surface of the table show the influences of Cubism, the orfismo of Futurism and purism

René François Ghislain Magritte (Lessines, Belgique, Novembre 21, 1898 - Bruxelles, Belgique, le 15 août 1967) était un peintre surréaliste belge.
Le surréalisme de Magritte à condition que la charge de la conception d'un jeu basé sur l'ambiguïté des images et de son sens par les mots signalés par la mise en question de la relation entre un objet et la peinture.
Son premier cours de peinture à Châtelet. En 1915, commence à faire ses premières œuvres dans la ligne de l'impressionnisme. Entre 1916 et 1918 des études à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles. Expositions pour la première fois à l'Art Center à Bruxelles en 1920 par Pierre-Louis Flouquet, avec qui il a partagé un studio. Après le service militaire qui travaillent temporairement en tant que designer dans une usine de papier. En 1923, participe Lissitzky, Moholy-Nagy, Feininger et Paul Joostens maria une exposition de fleurs à la Royal Art Circle.
Son travail dans la période 1920-1924, pour son traitement des thèmes de la vie moderne, ses couleurs éclatantes et ses recherches sur les relations de la forme tridimensionnelle de la surface plane du tableau montre l'influence du cubisme, le futurisme de orfismo et purisme.

KLB, omerozden, g_panakia, vasilpro, fulvio52, Ultrablue has marked this note useful

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KLB (23723) 2009-02-20 0:58

Hi Manuel

I really like this minimalistic shot.
Apparently simple but so effective ! The yellow square with this marvelous corner of blue sky works well.
The broad white border is an excellent idea to strengthen the effect.
Very interesting and unusual shot.

Regards
Karine

JanD (0) 2009-02-20 1:04

Hola Manuel!
Original idea and very original picture. Beautiful capture and frame. Nice shot.
Regards!

marion44 (9) 2009-02-20 1:08

Hello,
Excellent minimalism with a wonderful title to go with ! Very original and well composed, the frame fits perfectly with it !
Excellent !
Marion

barrufeto_77 (28888) 2009-02-20 2:18

Hola Manuel.

bonita y sencilla composición jugando con la ventana y la luz que deja pasar.

Buena idea!

Un saludo!

dumbo (4541) 2009-02-20 5:10

Hello Manuel,
Simple but great shot! Good colors and composition.
Well done!

Regards,
Eino

yquem46 (38752) 2009-02-20 6:14

Bien vu Manuel
Oui Magritte surement aurait aimé ça !
L'oppostion bleu/jaune est très graphique
Bravo
Patrick

g_panakia (4031) 2009-02-20 6:47

hola manuel,
the title fits perfect with the shot!!!
i absolutely agree with your view to connect this window with magritte's world who is one of the most important painters to me!!!
nice light, beautiful colours & presentation!!!
have a nice weekend!
georgia

BennyV (34748) 2009-02-20 6:58

Hello Manuel,

Great shot, excellent composition, lovely textures and the Magritte reference is really spot on! Hats off!

Benny

Bartleby (13552) 2009-02-20 7:24

A lot of squares in this shot Manuel. I like this efficient minimalism.

Philippe

vasilpro (41801) 2009-02-20 8:39

Hello Manuel,
Nice cube composition with fine light management. A beautiful composition.
Congratulations, Vasilis.

ifanik (21679) 2009-02-20 8:49

Wonderful minimalist photo
The colours are great
Well done
Best regards
Nick

sunamoon (10) 2009-02-20 9:17

Acabo de ver la foto de refilon y he dicho que original! Y de quien iba a ser sino!!! TUYA!!! jaja.. Simple pero original!
Me gusta la luz y el color, buen encuadre y juego de luces y sombras, muy buena!

Morac (27725) 2009-02-20 9:40

Bonsoir Manu,

Effectivement c'est un superbe Magritte que tu nous présentes ici; c'est pour cela que je te dis : "salut l'artiste"
Amicalement
Marc

guitianmiranda (22) 2009-02-20 13:15

Manuel, buen manejo de la luz y las sombras, me has engañado por completo. Al hacer clic en la miniatura esperaba uno de esos particulares puntos de vista tuyos sobre la arquitectura madrileña, pero esta vez se trata de un interior, de una simple ventana.

Un saludo.

diomed (13926) 2009-02-20 13:36

Hi Manuel,
a great idea ! Only sky, light and shadow. Phantastic, great graphic work. Congratulations!
Antonio

MarcT (20964) 2009-02-20 23:55

Salut Manuel,
Très joli cadrage et une belle manière de rendre hommage à Magritte.
Manque juste une colombe ... :o))
Amicalement
Marc

Rafer (0) 2009-02-21 4:56

Impresionado en sencillez, encuadre y tonos, buena idea...saludos

syrus_persia (2270) 2009-02-22 0:11

Salam Manuel
Nice composition, colours and lighting, well framed.
Thanks
cyrus

fulvio52 (8314) 2009-02-22 3:04

Hola, Manuel.
The title says it all... yes, Magritte it is! One of the greatest painters of all time and also one of my favorite. Simple and enormously effective, shadowplay and colors are absolute top quality, TFS! Have a good sunday, I'll be seeing you.
Fulvio.

eversmile (11636) 2009-02-22 11:17

Hello Manuel

That's striking, perfectly framed, with a great management of light. The graphic effect is very strong and it really reminds Magritte... Minimalist but impressive!!! Bravo!!!
Besos
Marine

niphredil76 (850) 2009-02-24 3:13

Ciao Manuel,
you're right: there something about Magritte here.
Anyway, a beautiful shot made with am every-day scene, you've seen it when nobody else had done it!
Perfect composition, linear and clean; great light balance and color management.
My congratulations!
Laura

glasscafe (1040) 2009-02-25 2:36

Hola Manu!

Simplemente muy buena, esta ya es de fotográfo intuítivo y original, una sombra perfecta donde no hay nada.

Saludos!
Alberto

Ultrablue (565) 2009-03-02 6:07

Hola Manuel!
Complimenti! Mi piace molto questo genere di foto concettuali. Questa in particolare sembra voler dire che la mente umana è come una stanza vuota e bianca la quale viene "dipinta" dal riflesso che riceviamo dalla visione del mondo esterno. I nostri occhi sono la nostra finestra sul mondo ma quello che rimane nella nostra mente e che dunque condiziona il nostro modo di essere è l'astrazione che facciamo di esso. Ovviamente questa è la mia interpretazione!
Ottima anche la relizzazione grafica, mi piace il taglio quadrato completato da una perfetta cornice.

Ancora complimemti e un saluto!

Elena

P.S. Ho scritto in italiano perchè di solito ci capiamo piuttosto bene con voi spagnoli però se hai qualche problema posso provare con l'inglese!

donluicu (24741) 2009-03-03 9:13

ola Manuel
this is a great picture, so simple, so efficient..
at first sight on your right, we clearly see that you have a particular eye on our world

regards

paprika-jancsi (2349) 2009-03-14 16:48

great macro shot, Manuel - minimal and strong.
you got a lot more on the ball than most of our valued photographers on this site.T>Y> Jancsi

CLODO (45116) 2009-03-22 10:31

Holà Manuel
As I like very much Magritte, I can only clap hands to thank you for this masterpiece!
Have a nice evening
CLODO

Photo Information

Copyright: Manuel Mayorga (ManuMay) (36447)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-02-18
Categories: Daily Life, Artwork, Decisive Moment
Camera: Olympus Mju 410
Exposure: f/3.1, 1/30 seconds
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Date Submitted: 2009-02-20 0:54
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