René Magritte’s painting "Le Météore" is from the artist's "sunny" period, between 1943 and 1947. An artistic phase inspired by Renoir and the Impressionists.
The work exhibited belongs to a series of grotesque portraits depicting strange and unusual subjects, in a kind of fairy-tale reinterpretation of the joyful atmospheres typically painted by Renoir. The painting technique utilized consists of broad, visible brushstrokes, and is clearly influenced by Impressionist stylistic features.

This masterpiece is part of the artist’s famous series of paintings and studies of the same name, entitled Velocità dell’automobile ("Speed of the Automobile"). It is considered one of Balla’s most iconic series, and a pillar of the Futurist movement. The automobile here is the symbol of the progressive spirit and suggests dynamism and an exaltation of modernity.
In the version displayed at the hotel, the subject is sketched in pencil on paper. The representation of speed comes from the superimposition of broken lines, indicating movement in space and the fragmentation of time into instants.

This remarkable canvas by Capogrossi is attributable to his period of artistic maturity. Up until the late 1940s, the artist had focused on figurative and tonal painting, then immersed himself in the Art Informel movement.
Capogrossi’s abstractionism is distinguished by the repetition of the trident symbol within the space of the canvas, giving the impression of a phenomenon. The artist explores the pictorial surface, multiplying the symbol and creating an ever-changing rhythm, as if illustrating the letters of a secret alphabet, or the notes of a musical composition.