"Regarding the so-called religious paintings you mentioned, I can only reiterate that their popular success clearly demonstrates that they belong to that category of products suited to satisfying – or even encouraging – a highly questionable taste."
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René Magritte (1898.1967)
Autographed postcard signed to Rose Capel.
An oblong 12mo page on the back of a reproduction of his painting Anne-Marie .
[Brussels] January 24, 1962. Autographed envelope.
"Regarding the so-called religious paintings you mentioned, I can only reiterate that their popular success clearly demonstrates that they belong to that category of products suited to satisfying – or even encouraging – a highly questionable taste."
Magritte testifies to his rejection of religious paintings.
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"Dear Madam, You inform me that you have not received a reply to your previous letter. I did, however, write to you about it. It seems my reply has been lost somewhere, and I hope the same will not be true of this one. Regarding the so-called religious painting you mentioned, I can only reiterate that its popular success clearly demonstrates that it belongs to that category of products suited to satisfying—or even encouraging—a highly questionable taste. I am not as upset about it as you seem to be."
That's how it is, and I don't feel that anything can be changed, nor that it should be. For it's naive to think that one could bring about changes such that evil would be replaced by good —and that is what would essentially matter, not merely rearranging things. I was pleased to hear from you; I would like to see Argentina, but I fear it presents too many problems, easy for many but insoluble for me. Yours sincerely, René Magritte.