René Magritte was a leading figure of Surrealism, known for turning ordinary objects into quietly unsettling visual puzzles. His work plays with perception, language, and reality—famously questioning the relationship between images and meaning in pieces like The Treachery of Images. With recurring motifs like bowler-hatted men, floating objects, and impossible juxtapositions, Magritte created a calm yet deeply disorienting universe that continues to shape how we think about images and illusion.