{"id":5894,"date":"2025-06-26T17:04:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/?page_id=5894"},"modified":"2025-06-26T17:04:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T15:04:25","slug":"focus-felix-labisse-3","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/en\/focus-felix-labisse-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus : F\u00e9lix Labisse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-2-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5895 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-2-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-2-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-2-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-2-1229x1536.png 1229w, https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/unnamed-2.png 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Born in northern France, Labisse&rsquo;s family moved to Flanders after the First World War. Although he was predestined for a career as a sailor, he turned to painting in 1924 and a few years later opened a painting gallery in Ostend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His first contacts with Magritte date back to the late 1930s. He took part in the Surr\u00e9alisme exhibition organised by the Editions de la Bo\u00e9tie gallery at the end of 1945, alongside Magritte, Sanders, Wergifosse and Bury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Labisse only visited rue Esseghem on rare occasions, his relations with Magritte were very cordial. For example, Labisse organised a cocktail party at his home in Paris in honour of the opening of Magritte&rsquo;s exhibition at the Galerie du Faubourg, which featured paintings from his \u201ccow period\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in northern France, Labisse&rsquo;s family moved to Flanders after the First World War. Although he was predestined for a career as a sailor, he turned to painting in 1924 and a few years later opened a painting gallery in Ostend. His first contacts with Magritte date back to the late 1930s. He took part &#8230; <a title=\"Focus : F\u00e9lix Labisse\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/en\/focus-felix-labisse-3\/\" aria-label=\"En savoir plus sur Focus : F\u00e9lix Labisse\">Lire la suite<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5894"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5894"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5897,"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5894\/revisions\/5897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magrittemuseum.be\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}