Sixteenth of September 1956

"Sixteenth of September" is a 1956 oil painting by Belgian surrealist René Magritte. The painting depicts a lone tree with a crescent moon nestled in its branches against a hazy blue sky. Magritte's signature style of unexpected juxtapositions and symbolic imagery are on full display in this artwork, creating a dream-like atmosphere that invites viewers to question the nature of reality. The seemingly ordinary scene becomes a meditation on the surreal and the absurd, characteristic of Magritte's artistic vision.