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Roberto Matta    (Chilean, 1911-2002)

 Roberto Matta - Etoile des Jardins (Prints) h: 40 x w: 40 in / h: 101.6 x w: 101.6 cm
Roberto Matta
Etoile des Jardins 1995
 
 Roberto Matta - Il Albero Giovanni (Paintings) h: 48 x w: 41 in / h: 121.9 x w: 104.1 cm
Roberto Matta
Il Albero Giovanni 2002
 
 Roberto Matta - La Dulce Acqua Vita (Prints) h: 48 x w: 41 in / h: 121.9 x w: 104.1 cm
Roberto Matta
La Dulce Acqua Vita 2002
 
 Roberto Matta - Le Source de Calm (Prints) h: 48 x w: 41 in / h: 121.9 x w: 104.1 cm
Roberto Matta
Le Source de Calm
 
 Roberto Matta - Melodia -Melodio (Prints) h: 44 x w: 40 in / h: 111.8 x w: 101.6 cm
Roberto Matta
Melodia -Melodio 1995
 
 Roberto Matta - Perser L' Invisble h: 40 x w: 40 in / h: 101.6 x w: 101.6 cm
Roberto Matta
Perser L' Invisble 1995
 
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Biography
1911 Born in Santiago, Chile
1928 Worked as an interior decorator, Santiago, Chile
1929 - 1931 Studied architecture, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
1933 Worked as a merchant seaman Compagnie Transatlantique ship, to Europe
1934 - 1936 Works as an architectural assistant, Le Corbusier studio, Paris, France
1937 On invitation by Andre Breton, he joined the Surrealist group
1934 - 1939 Lives in Paris, France
1937 - 1948 Member, with Federico Garcia Lorca, André Breton, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Surrealist Group Paris, France
1939 - 1948 Lives in New York, NY
1950 - 1954 Lives in Rome, Italy
1955 Moves to Paris, France
1962 Awarded Premio Marzotto, Rome, Italy
1966 Visiting Instructor at School of Art, Minneapolis, MN
1968 President, Cultural Congress, Havana, Cuba
1972 Founder, Etrusculudens, Etruscan crafts artisan group
2002 Died in Civitavecchia, Italy

Exhibitions
2009 "Latitudes," Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2008 "Descubritorio Matta," Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile (solo)
2007 "Gravures: Roberto Matta," Galerie Renee Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
2004 "Roberto Matta," Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC (solo)
"Matta," Malingue, Paris, France (solo)
"Matta: Making the Invisible Visible," McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA (solo)
2003 "Matta 1938-1971," Galleria de'Foscherari, Bologna (solo)
2002 "Matta in America: Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
2000 "Matta: Oper Dal 1957 al 1993," Galleria Patrizia Poggi, Ravenna, Italy (solo)
"Matta El Ano de los Tres 000," Fundacion Telefonica, Santiago, Chile (solo)
1999 "Matta," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
1998 "Matta: Surrealism and Beyond," Haggerty Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
1997 "Roberto Matta: Paintings and Drawings 1937-1959," Galeria Lopez Quiroga, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
"Matta: Paintings and Drawings,' Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
"Matta: Re-generation," Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida (solo)
Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1995 "Transparency in the Art of the 20th Century," Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux, Le Havre, France
1993 "Matta: Engravings,' Galeria Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile (solo) ,br> "Matta: Works from Chicago Collections," Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
1992 "Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers," Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
1991 "matta Exhibition: One verse 11-11-11," Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile (solo)
1990 "Matta: Drawings 1937-1946," Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
1989 "Aspects of Modern Art in France," Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, France
1988 "Matta: Drawings 1937-88," Museum Bochum, Germany (solo)
"Italy Matta: Matta in Italy," Palazzo Venezia, Rome, Italy (solo)
"Matta: The Early Years," Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
1985 Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (solo)
1984 "The Logic of Hallucination [Drawings]," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (solo)
"Artistic Collaboration in the Twentieth Century," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
1982 "60 Works: The Peggy Guggenheim Collection," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
1981 "Graphics," American Academy of Rome, Rome. (solo)
"A New Spirit in Painting," Royal Academy of Art, London
1978 "Hom'mere (Etchings)," Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge University, Cambridge (solo)
1976 "Homage aux Pyrénées," Château de Castellnou, Castellnou (solo)
1975 "A Totemic World, Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture," Andrew Crispo Gallery, New York; "Pastelli, L'Homme Descend du Signe," Galleria dell'Oca, Rome (solo)
“Surrealism," National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
1974 "The Early Years: A Selection of Paintings and Drawings from the Years 1939 - 1957," Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York (solo)
1973 "Sebastian Matta/dipinti, disegni e incisioni 1957 - 1973," Galleria Schubert, Milan (solo)
L'Art de Noe, Ferrarra
1971 "In the Space of a Chilean Week," Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre (solo)
1970 Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturebesitz, Berlin (solo)
1969 "The Revolution is Architecture," Centre Culturel Municipal, Villeparisis (solo)
1968 "Painting in France 1900 - 1967," National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
1967 Galeria Latinoamerica, Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Matta, Being with, Saint Denis, France
1965 "La Llave de los Campos," Galeria del Techo, Caracas, Venezuela; "The Open Cube," Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland (solo)
1963 "Sebastian Matta: Mostra Antologica in Bologna," Museo Civico, Bologne (solo)
"Within the Easel Convention: Sources of Abstract-Expressionism," The Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
1962 "Drawings, Pastels and Paintings," Allan Frumlin Gallery, Chicago (solo)
"Art Since 1950, American and International," Seattle World's Fair, Seattle
1960 "Sculptures by Matta," Galerie du Dragon, Paris (solo)
1959 "15 Forms of Doubting," Moderna Museet, Stockholm (solo)
Retrospective, Stockholm, Sweden
1958 "50 Ans d'Art Moderne," Palais International des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1957 Museum of Modern Art, New York (solo)
1955 "Matta of Chile," Pan American Union, Washington DC (solo)
1952 "Designs by Matta," Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris (solo)
1952 "L'Ouvre du XXe siècle, Peintures, Sculptures," Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris
1951 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (solo)
1948 "40,000 Years of Modern Art," Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1947 "Matta (Preface by Andre Breton)," Galerie René Drouin, Paris (solo)
"Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture: Abstract and Surrealist American Art," The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
1944 "Twelve Contemporary Painters," Museum of Modern Art, New York
1943 "War and the Artist," Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
1942 "Oils, Pencils and Paintings," Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York (solo)
"Peggy Guggenheim's Collection of Paintings, Sculpture, Collages, Drawings, Objects and Photography...Pioneer Art Movement," Art of this Century Gallery, New York
1940 "Tchelitchew, Matta and Walt Disney," Julien Levy Gallery, New York
1938 "Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme," Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Paris
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