Moonrise | Guillermo Gómez Gil | 1906 14th Century René Magritte's The Poison (1939)

René Magritte's The Poison (1939) presents a surreal juxtaposition of night and day within a single scene

She is shown with her eyes closed

unsettling form—both haunting and strangely poetic

a solitary monk sits in quiet contemplation beside a crumbling ruin

Moonrise | Guillermo Gómez Gil | 1906 14th Century René Magritte's The Poison (1939)Moonrise (1906) by Guillermo Gmez Gil exemplifies the artists refined mastery of marine nocturnes. The composition presents a luminous full moon ascending above a tranquil horizon, its radiance casting a silvery golden reflection across the undulating surface of the sea. In the foreground, a gentle wave gathers and dissolves along the shore, its crest delicately illuminated by the moonlight. Executed with meticulous brushwork and a restrained palette