This book reveals the many tantalizing guises of Magritte as painter, writer, Surrealist, thinker, chess player, graphic designer, advertising man, magazine editor, anti-Fascist, moviegoer, pulp mystery fan, and classical music lover. Finally you'll understand (and laugh at) the meaning of that train zooming out of the fireplace and the giant green apple that fills an entire room. Rich with background information about Dada and Surrealism; plentiful anecdotes and pertinent and poignant quotes A magnificent tour through Matisse's intensely rich world of color and line Smart, high-energy digest of Matisse's life and art Matisse's place within the Modernist movement brilliantly analyzed Rich with background information, anecdotes, and pertinent and poignant quotes.