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Wed-Sun 10am-6pm; ?6 adults, ? 5 under-23s. Garden open daily 10am-6pm, included in price of ticket. Metro: Pannenhuis . To the north, Koekelberg fades into the prosperous suburb of Jette , home to the renowned Musee Rene Magritte , rue Esseghem 135, which contains a plethora of the surrealist's paraphernalia, as well as a modest collection of his early paintings and sketches. Magritte lived with his wife Georgette on the ground floor of this house for 24 years, from 1930 to the mid-1950s, building a studio - which he named Dongo - in the garden. It was here he produced his bread-and-butter work, such as graphics and posters, though he was usually unhappy when working on such mundane projects. His real passions were painted in the dining-room studio, where the only work of art by another artist he possessed - a photo by Man Ray - is still displayed. The house also served as the headquarters for a group of Belgian Surrealists, most of whom were writers like Paul Noge, who met here every Saturday to concoct a number of shocking and subversive books, magazines and images. The ground floor of the museum has been faithfully restored to recreate the artist's studio and living quarters, using mostly original ornaments and furniture, with the remainder carefully replicated from photographs. Hung behind a glass display near the indoor studio is the famous bowler hat which crops up in several of Magritte's paintings. Many features of the house itself also appear in a number of his works: the sash window, for instance, framed the painting entitled The Human Condition , while the glass doors to the sitting room and bedroom appeared in The Invisible World . Other parts of the interior, including the fireplace and staircase, as well as the lamppost in front of the house, also featured prominently in the painter's works. The first and second floors of the museum are taken up by letters, photos, telegrams, lithographs, posters and sketches, all displayed in chronological order. Among them are two fine posters announcing the world film and fine arts festivals which took place in Brussels in 1947 and 1949, as well as Magritte's first painting, a naive landscape which he produced at the tender age of 12. A number of Magritte's personal objects are displayed in the attic , including the easel used at the end of his life.
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