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Roberto Matta Biography
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1911 |
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Born in Santiago, Chile
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1928 |
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Worked as an interior decorator, Santiago, Chile
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1929 - 1931 |
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Studied architecture, Catholic University, Santiago, Chile
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1933 |
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Worked as a merchant seaman Compagnie Transatlantique ship, to Europe
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1934 - 1936 |
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Works as an architectural assistant, Le Corbusier studio, Paris, France
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1937 |
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On invitation by Andre Breton, he joined the Surrealist group
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1934 - 1939 |
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Lives in Paris, France
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1937 - 1948 |
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Member, with Federico Garcia Lorca, André Breton, Salvador Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Surrealist Group Paris, France
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1939 - 1948 |
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Lives in New York, NY
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1950 - 1954 |
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Lives in Rome, Italy
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1955 |
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Moves to Paris, France
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1962 |
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Awarded Premio Marzotto, Rome, Italy
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1966 |
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Visiting Instructor at School of Art, Minneapolis, MN
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1968 |
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President, Cultural Congress, Havana, Cuba
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1972 |
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Founder, Etrusculudens, Etruscan crafts artisan group
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2002 |
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Died in Civitavecchia, Italy
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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"Latitudes," Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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2008
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"Descubritorio Matta," Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago, Chile (solo)
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2007
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"Gravures: Roberto Matta," Galerie Renee Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2004
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"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)
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2003
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"Matta 1938-1971," Galleria de'Foscherari, Bologna (solo)
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2002
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"Matta in America: Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2000
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"Matta: Oper Dal 1957 al 1993," Galleria Patrizia Poggi, Ravenna, Italy (solo)
"Matta El Ano de los Tres 000," Fundacion Telefonica, Santiago, Chile (solo)
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1999
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"Matta," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain (solo)
Borges Cultural Center, Buenos Aires, Argentina (solo)
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1998
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"Matta: Surrealism and Beyond," Haggerty Museum of Art, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1997
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"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)
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1995
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"Transparency in the Art of the 20th Century," Musee des Beaux-Arts Andre Malraux, Le Havre, France
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1993
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"Matta: Engravings,' Galeria Arte Actual, Santiago, Chile (solo) ,br> "Matta: Works from Chicago Collections," Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1992
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"Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers," Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
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1991
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"matta Exhibition: One verse 11-11-11," Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago, Chile (solo)
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1990
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"Matta: Drawings 1937-1946," Acquavella Contemporary Art, New York, NY (solo)
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1989
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"Aspects of Modern Art in France," Galerie Daniel Malingue, Paris, France
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1988
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"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)
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1985
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Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (solo)
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1984
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"The Logic of Hallucination [Drawings]," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford (solo)
"Artistic Collaboration in the Twentieth Century," Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
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1982
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"60 Works: The Peggy Guggenheim Collection," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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1981
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"Graphics," American Academy of Rome, Rome. (solo)
"A New Spirit in Painting," Royal Academy of Art, London
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1978
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"Hom'mere (Etchings)," Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge University, Cambridge (solo)
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1976
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"Homage aux Pyrénées," Château de Castellnou, Castellnou (solo)
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1975
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"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
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1974
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"The Early Years: A Selection of Paintings and Drawings from the Years 1939 - 1957," Maxwell Davidson Gallery, New York (solo)
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1973
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"Sebastian Matta/dipinti, disegni e incisioni 1957 - 1973," Galleria Schubert, Milan (solo)
L'Art de Noe, Ferrarra
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1971
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"In the Space of a Chilean Week," Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre (solo)
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1970
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Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturebesitz, Berlin (solo)
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1969
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"The Revolution is Architecture," Centre Culturel Municipal, Villeparisis (solo)
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1968
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"Painting in France 1900 - 1967," National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
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1967
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Galeria Latinoamerica, Casa de las Americas, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Matta, Being with, Saint Denis, France
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1965
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"La Llave de los Campos," Galeria del Techo, Caracas, Venezuela; "The Open Cube," Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland (solo)
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1963
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"Sebastian Matta: Mostra Antologica in Bologna," Museo Civico, Bologne (solo)
"Within the Easel Convention: Sources of Abstract-Expressionism," The Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
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1962
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"Drawings, Pastels and Paintings," Allan Frumlin Gallery, Chicago (solo)
"Art Since 1950, American and International," Seattle World's Fair, Seattle
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1960
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"Sculptures by Matta," Galerie du Dragon, Paris (solo)
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1959
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"15 Forms of Doubting," Moderna Museet, Stockholm (solo)
Retrospective, Stockholm, Sweden
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1958
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"50 Ans d'Art Moderne," Palais International des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
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1957
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Museum of Modern Art, New York (solo)
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1955
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"Matta of Chile," Pan American Union, Washington DC (solo)
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1952
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"Designs by Matta," Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris (solo)
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1952
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"L'Ouvre du XXe siècle, Peintures, Sculptures," Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris
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1951
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (solo)
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1948
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"40,000 Years of Modern Art," Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
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1947
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"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
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1944
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"Twelve Contemporary Painters," Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1943
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"War and the Artist," Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York
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1942
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"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
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1940
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"Tchelitchew, Matta and Walt Disney," Julien Levy Gallery, New York
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1938
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"Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme," Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Paris
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