On the Threshold of Liberty
| Also known as |
- Add other possible names for this topic
On the Threshold of Liberty is a painting by the Belgian surrealist René Magritte. It depicts a large room surrounded by windows. Each window reveals a different scene: a sky, fire, wood, a forest, the front of a building, an ornamental pattern, a female torso and a strange metallic texture featuring Magritte's trademark spherical bells. Inside the room is a cannon.
This image was originally painted in 1929. A second version was painted in 1937 depicting a larger area of the room. Both paintings are oil on canvas. The 1929 version measures 45 x 51 3/4 inches and is on display at the Museum Boymans-van Beuningen in Rotterdam. The 1937 version measures 93 x 73 inches and is on display at the Art Institute of Chicago.
In 1983 the American trumpeter / synthesist Mark Isham composed a piece of music titled after this painting.
full article at wikipedia
Visual Art
| Artist |
| Art Subject |
| Art Form |
| Art Genre |
| Media |
| Period or Movement |
| Dimensions |
| Locations |
|
location
|
|---|
| Owners |
| Date Begun |
- 1937
| Date Completed |
| Editions |
| Edition of |
With the exception of Wikipedia summaries and some images the
content on this page is typically distributed under
the Creative Commons
Attribution license or Public Domain.
The original description for this topic was automatically generated from the Wikipedia article "On the Threshold of Liberty" licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
| Gallery | add an image | edit gallery |
Weblinks
Recent Discussions about On the Threshold of Liberty
There are no conversations on this topic. Would you like to start one?
Start the Discussion