# René Magritte's most famous paintings

The pipe that is not a pipe, the man with the apple, night under a daytime sky: the Belgian surrealist's works everyone recognises.

- 46 votes · 15 items
- May 18, 2025 · Laura Clement
- https://even.best/en/l/2963/rene-magritte-s-most-famous-paintings

## Top 15

1. **The Son of Man** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — 1964. The man in the bowler hat with a green apple in front of his face.
2. **Golconda** (5 · ▲5 ▼0) — 1953. Men in overcoats floating like rain.
3. **The Human Condition** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — 1933. A painting on an easel that continues the landscape.
4. **The Treachery of Images** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — 1929. "This is not a pipe"; at LACMA in Los Angeles.
5. **The Lovers** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — 1928. Two lovers kissing with their faces covered by cloth.
6. **Not to Be Reproduced** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1937. A man before a mirror that shows his back.
7. **The False Mirror** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1928. A huge eye whose iris is a cloudy sky.
8. **The Castle of the Pyrenees** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 1959. A rock and its castle hanging above the sea.
9. **Time Transfixed** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1938. A locomotive coming out of a fireplace; in Chicago.
10. **Personal Values** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 1952. A giant comb and shaving brush in a bedroom.
11. **The Menaced Assassin** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1927. A crime scene frozen like a stage set.
12. **The Great Family** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1963. A dove made of blue sky over a dark sea.
13. **The Healer** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 1937. A seated man whose torso is a birdcage.
14. **The Empire of Light** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — 1953-1954. A night street under a daylight sky, in many versions.
15. **The Interpretation of Dreams** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — 1930. Objects and words that do not match.

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