René Magritte House, Biographical museum in Jette, Belgium
The René Magritte House is a four-story terrace building in Jette where the surrealist painter lived and worked from 1930 to 1954. The restored residential space displays over 30 original artworks and personal documents across multiple floors.
René Magritte rented the ground-floor flat at 135 rue Esseghem with his wife Georgette in 1930, after returning from Le Perreux-sur-Marne, and lived there until 1954. The apartment became the headquarters of the Brussels surrealist group. Collector André Garitte bought the house from Magritte's former landlords, restored it from 1993, and opened it as a museum in 1999, the centenary of Magritte's birth.
The home displays how Magritte and his wife Georgette lived day to day, with original furnishings like their piano on the ground floor. The rooms show the connection between his private life and the art he created within these walls.
The location on Esseghem Street in Jette is accessible by public transport and the building requires navigating stairs across its floors. Visitors should expect compact rooms that reflect the original living conditions of the period.
The lamppost outside 135 rue Esseghem appears repeatedly in Magritte's paintings, as do the apartment's fireplace, glass living-room doors, staircase and door handles. The house itself has no notable architectural features; it is a plain brick terraced house typical of Jette.
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