The Belgian Surrealist artist ________ created The Treachery of Images,a work that calls our attention to the illusionary characteristics of painting.
A) René Magritte
B) Thomas Hart Benton
C) Pierre-Paul Prud'hon
D) Edith Hayllar
E) Andrea Mantegna

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The Treachery of Images is a famous work by the Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte. It features a painting of a pipe with the caption "Ceci n'est pas une pipe" ("This is not a pipe"), which plays with the idea that a painting is not the same as the object it depicts. This work is often cited as an example of Magritte's interest in the relationship between language and image, and his use of paradox and irony.

The Belgian Surrealist Artist ________ Created the Treachery of Images,a