If you’ve ever wondered why a bowler hat or a green apple makes you think instantly of René Magritte, you’re picking up on the most carefully-curated visual vocabulary of any 20th-century painter. Across forty years, Magritte returned again and again to a small, stable cast of motifs — pipes, bowler hats, apples, doves, windows, mirrors,… Continue reading Understanding the Symbolism in Magritte’s Paintings