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He dropped out of school at 15 and frequented prostitutes, but in response to an inner questioning, he enrolled a few years later at the Beaux-Arts in Brussels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His mother&#8217;s suicide is a real trauma for Magritte. But he did not tell his wife Georgette about it until years after their marriage.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For some, his painting <em>The Lovers<\/em> is the image of his mother, whose face was found covered by her nightdress. However, Magritte always hated the psychoanalysis of his works and according to him, art is sufficient in itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2) He was passionate about philosophy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While he totally refuted psychoanalysis and the ideas of Freud, which emerged in the 1920s, Magritte was greatly fascinated by philosophy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, he discussed his work <em>The Treachery of Images, &#8220;This is not a pipe<\/em>&#8221;&nbsp;with Michel Foucault in 1929.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In each of the Magritte&#8217;s works, a philosophical dimension is hidden. Indeed, Magritte questions the world around him and everyday objects: his painting is a constant existential search.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 1950s, he exchanged letters with Alphonse de Wealhens and Cha\u00efm Perelman, philosophers who taught rhetoric and logic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3) He liked to provoke<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Magritte is known for his complex personality, full of humour but above all full of provocation&#8230;  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, after coming into contact with the French surrealists, whom he considered &#8216;snobbish&#8217;, he accentuated his Belgian side by rolling his r&#8217;s. The aim? 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