The artwork titled “Polar Light,” created by Rene Magritte in 1926 in Brussels, Belgium, is an oil painting on canvas. Executed in the Surrealism art movement style, it measures 139 by 105 centimeters and falls under the genre of symbolic painting.
The artwork depicts a dreamlike desert landscape, featuring three surreal figures in the foreground. Two of these figures resemble human forms but appear fragmented, as if parts of their bodies are crumbling away, revealing voids beneath their surfaces. The third figure, positioned on the right and seemingly gazing away from the viewer, is draped in a textured garment that obscures any identifiable features. The background consists of a series of barren, rolling hills beneath a dark and brooding sky, heightening the painting’s otherworldly and symbolic atmosphere.
