Who painted “The Empire of Lights”?

“The Empire of Lights” was painted by René Magritte in 1939. Where to see it: Peggy Guggenheim Collection.

The Empire of Lights — René Magritte

What to look for

René Magritte: ordinary objects in impossible situations, painted flatly and clearly: bowler hats, apples hiding faces, day skies over night streets.

René François Ghislain Magritte (21 November 1898 – 15 August 1967) was a Belgian surrealist artist known for his depictions of familiar objects in unfamiliar, unexpected contexts, which often provoked questions about the nature and boundaries of reality and representation. Wikipedia

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More by René Magritte

“The Son of Man”, 1964
“The Treachery of Images”, 1929
“Golconda”, 1953
“Not to be Reproduced”, 1937
“The False Mirrore”, 1929
“The lovers”, 1930
“Time Transfixed”, 1938
“Perspective: Madame Récamier de David”, 1951