Who painted “Perspective: Madame Récamier de David”?

“Perspective: Madame Récamier de David” was painted by René Magritte in 1951. Where to see it: National Gallery of Canada.

Perspective: Madame Récamier de David — René Magritte

Surrealism

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
“The Empire of Lights”, 1939
“Not to be Reproduced”, 1937
“The False Mirrore”, 1929
“The lovers”, 1930
“Time Transfixed”, 1938