I am not a fan of surreal artists' works because maybe...I think that whole surrealism to me is bull craps. But, I cannot deny that Rene Magritte is one of my favorites. Unlike Dali or Picasso, he still respects the truthfulness of our real lives. He is amazing at depicting subjects as they appear in everyday life with cute or surprising embellishment or interpretation. Magritte painted it as a self-portrait. The painting consists of a man in a suit and a bowler hat standing in front of a small wall, beyond which is the sea and a cloudy sky. The name "Son of Man" (the painting above) is believed to have derived from the Abrahamic creation story. The modern businessman is the son of Adam, and the apple represents temptation (with which one is still faced in the modern world).
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