View (7/No.2) (Surrealism in Belgium)

Seventh volume of the famous art and literature review published in December 1946. Contents include:

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SURREALISM IN BELGIUM

COVER BY RENE MAGRITTE
Magritte is known for his one-man shows and participation in surrealist exhibitions all over the world.

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE FOURTH DIMENSION – MARCEL MARIËN 7
Our thanks are due Marcel Mariën for assembling the material for this number of View.

ENTRIES IN A JOURNAL – LOUIS SCUTENAIRE 11
Scutenaire is one of Belgium’s leading surrealist writers.

MUSIC IS DANGEROUS – PAUL NOUGE 15
The “Lecture at Chaleroi” translated by Felix Giovanelli. Nougé has been associated with the Belgian surrealist movement since its inception twenty years ago.

LIFELINE – RENE MAGRITTE 21
An autobiographic note in which Magritte explains his theory of painting and how it developed.

POEMS AND PROSE POEMS 24
The Lamp’s Stories by Paul Colinet; Prose Poems by Paul Magritte; Poems by Achille Chavée, Jacques Wergifosse. Translations by Paul Bowles and Mary Low.

DOCUMENTS 27
Unheard Music by B. L. Willard; The Parachute Jump by O. Klausner; Suandende, Afro-Cuban folk tale adapted by Lydia Cabrera and translated by Mary Low.

ART 36
Stettheimer, Francés, Leonid, and Tanguy exhibitions reviewed by Parker Tyler.

LITERATURE 41
Reviews by Marius Bewley, Felix Giovanelli, Edouard Roditi, Parker Tyler, Charles Boultenhouse, and Hilary Arm.

REPRODUCTIONS
René Magritte (6, 10, 18, 20, 23); Marcel Mariën (13); Raoul Ubac (14); Neal Thomas (28); Esteban Francés (35); Kurt Seligmann (36); Florine Stettheimer (37); Scene from No Exit (40); S. W. Hayter (49).