The marches of summer 1939

"The Marches of Summer" (1939) by Belgian Surrealist René Magritte depicts a fragmented female torso juxtaposed with a landscape of floating geometric shapes against a blue sky. The painting, now housed in the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, challenges conventional artistic representation, inviting viewers to question the nature of reality and illusion. Magritte's signature style, characterized by a dreamlike atmosphere and the manipulation of familiar objects, is evident in the work's enigmatic composition.