Georgette Berger
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Georgette Berger was the wife of artist René Magritte
. They met while Magritte was attending the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
from 1916 to 1918.
Georgette Berger studied post-war modernism
which led to her meeting Magritte. She enjoyed several forms of media and activities such as contextual photography. Before Magritte, she was involved with Stefan Rowden, a German artist who was known for abstract pornographic oil paintings.
René Magritte
René François Ghislain Magritte[p] was a Belgian surrealist artist. He became well known for a number of witty and thought-provoking images...
. They met while Magritte was attending the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts
The Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts in Brussels is an art school, founded in 1711.The faculty and alumni of ARBA include some of the most famous names in Belgian painting, sculpture, and architecture: James Ensor, Rene Magritte, and Paul Delvaux...
from 1916 to 1918.
Georgette Berger studied post-war modernism
Modernism
Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society...
which led to her meeting Magritte. She enjoyed several forms of media and activities such as contextual photography. Before Magritte, she was involved with Stefan Rowden, a German artist who was known for abstract pornographic oil paintings.