You won't travel far down the list of art’s most recognizable images before landing on Rene Magritte’s The Son of Man, on display now through October 28 at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Belgian painter René Magritte forged a reputation for wit and whimsy, but none of his works captured the world’s imagination as intensely as Le Fils de l’Homme (The Son of Man).Even viewers ...

René Magritte; The son of the man, 1997; 45 x 39 cm. (17.7 x 15.4 in.) close. Contact the gallery for more images View to Scale. After René Magritte. Belgian, 1898–1967. The son of the man, 1997. René ...

In a private collection since 1998, The Son of Man is perhaps Magritte’s most iconic image, its figure’s apple-covered face gracing countless items of Magritte merchandise around the world.

Magritte’s vision was almost inseparable from a tragedy that occurred in his childhood. Born in the small town of Lessines in 1898, the oldest son of a tailor, he grew up in a middle-class home ...

Fans of Magritte Cut to the Core Of the Man in His Brussels Home. By . Derek Blyth. Special to The Wall Street Journal. Share. Resize. BRUSSELS -- Rene Magritte lived most of his life in this city ...