On this post, I’d like to present one of my favorite paintings by
Henri Magritte, a Belgian painter who have always fixed my interest.
The painting I bring to your attention, “Black Magic”, represents Georgette, his wife. What follows is a direct quote from Museworthy, a fascinating blog that focuses on the fundamental nature of pictorial art: “Shortly after his mother’s suicide, Magritte met a young girl at a local town fair while riding the carousel. They would randomly meet again years later at a botanical garden in Brussels. She was Georgette Berger, and she would eventually become Magritte’s wife, model, and muse.” Click here to read more about Henri Magritte.

I’ve always loved this painting for as long as I can remember, and I specially recall that at the time it first came into my life I was deeply fascinated by the poetry of Pablo Neruda, a Chilean Poet to whom I was introduced as I watched The Postman, a great Italian film worth considering for anyone eager to be inspired by a good story. In my mind, the mind of a 16 year old male, this was a visual representation of many of his poems: Naked, you are simple as a hand/
smooth, earthy, small. ../transparent, round/you have moon lines and apple paths/Naked, you are slender as the wheat.

The work of Henri Magritte is extremely rich in narrative content, not in vain, his prints are highly popular and his influence over many illustrators is quite clear. The images above shows his creative process behind an idea, we see an artist who is not limited to explore, nor afraid to derive his imagination into different directions, but above all, it shows a visual artist dedicated to his craft just as he is in love with his muse.