Sheila Legge
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Sheila Legge was a Surrealist performance artist. Legge is best known for her 1936 Trafalgar Square performance for the opening of London International Surrealist Exhibition, posing in a costume inspi
Sheila Legge
René Magritte
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René François Ghislain Magritte was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and bou
Sheila Legge
…relegated to the role of a "surrealist groupie" by various art historians who have identified her as a possible lover of David Gascoyne, Dylan Thomas and René Magritte. Legge's more noteworthy contribution is undoubtedly her performance as the "Surrealist Phantom" at the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition, making…
Portrait of Magritte in front of his painting La perspective amoureuse, 1961
The Menaced Assassin, 1927, Museum of Modern Art
The Lovers, 1928, Museum of Modern Art
The Empire of Light, c. 1950–1954, Museum of Modern Art