The Seducer

The Seducer
Artist	René Magritte
Year	1950
Dimensions	38 cm × 46 cm (15 in × 18 in)

The Seducer (Le Séducteur, also known as The Tempter^[1]) is a surrealist painting by René Magritte. It was created in 1950 and again in 1953 in Brussels, Belgium. The 1950 version is held by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and the 1953 version is in a private collection.^[2] Other versions were created in 1951.^[3]

The painting portrays a fully rigged sailing ship on the sea against a blue sky: the silhouette of the ship is infilled with a continuation of the waves of the sea. The painting measures 38 cm × 46 cm (15 in × 18 in). It features dark blue and light blue colours.

References

↑ "Le Séducteur (The Tempter)". Magritte Gallery. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
↑ Haber, John. "The Seduction of Modern Art". Haberarts.com. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
↑ "Magritte's 1949-1960 Gallery". Matteson Art. Retrieved 13 September 2013. Includes reproductions of five versions of the painting.

René Magritte

Notable paintings	The Difficult Crossing (1926/1963) The Enchanted Pose (1927) The Menaced Assassin (1927) The Adulation of Space (1927-1928) The Empty Mask (1928) The Treachery of Images (1928–1929) On the Threshold of Liberty (1929/1937) The Voice of Space (1931) Elective Affinities (1933) The Human Condition (1933/1935) The Portrait (1935) Not to be Reproduced (1937) Time Transfixed (1938) The Palace of Memories (1939) The Listening Room (1952) Golconda (1953) The Empire of Lights (1954) The Mysteries of the Horizon (1955) The Telescope (1963) The Son of Man (1964) The Great War (1964)

Movement	Surrealism

Related articles	Magritte Museum Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts Western painting

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