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No image due to Copyright restrictions. | | | Matta, Roberto (1911 - 2002) Chile
Figures Studies, 1945
Wax crayon and pencil on paper; 57.1 x 35.6 cm Surrealism
UID 102-367
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Biography
Chilean painter and draughtsman, Matta was educated at the Sacré Coeur Jesuit College and at Catholic University of Santiago (1929-31). In 1933 he moved to Paris where he worked at Le Corbusier's studio. In 1936, in London, he worked with Walter Gropius and Laszló Moholy-Nagy who, to some extent, influenced his work. At this time, Roberto Matta concentrated essentially on drawing whose vitality attracted the attention of the Surrealists and André Breton invited him to take part in the International Exhibition of Surrealism in 1938. His first one-man show, at the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York, was considered one of the high points of Surrealism by Breton; the originality of the works causing a tremendous impact on the American Abstract Expressionists. Nevertheless, this success was immediately put in question by the American critics and Matta was finally expelled from the Surrealist group in 1948. It could be said that, generally, Matta's work was influenced by Picasso, Duchamp, Kandinsky or even architectural and engineering designs, science fiction illustration and comic strips. Matta's strictly abstract painting, with elements of psychic automatism, had a strong influence on Abstract Expressionism, particularly Gorky and Motherwell.
Exhibitions
Matta ( Drawings, Pastels and Paintings) Allan Frumkin Gallery, USA 01-02-1962 ~ 28-02-1962
Matta: A Totemic World Andrew Crispo Gallery, USA 11-01-1975 ~ 15-02-1975
Matta: The First Decade Rose Art Museum, USA 09-05-1982 ~ 20-06-1982
Matta Centre Georges Pompidou, France 03-10-1985 ~ 16-12-1985
Matta: Dessins 1936-1989 Galerie de France, France 12-01-1990 ~ 03-03-1990
Matta: Dessins 1937-1989 Galerie des Arènes, France 05-10-1990 ~ 02-12-1990
O Surrealismo Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil (CCBB), Brazil 20-08-2001 ~ 28-10-2001
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 10-10-2003 ~ 13-03-2004
Pomar - Autobiography Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 08-05-2004 ~ 07-11-2004
Fernando Lemos and Surrealism - The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 26-11-2005 ~ 18-06-2006
Sebastian Matta (Rome) Palazzo Venezia, Italy 16-03-1988 ~ 24-04-1988
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999 Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000
Aquisições Recentes da Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1998 ~ 04-04-1999
Fernando Lemos e o Surrealismo - Colecção Berardo Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 08-07-2006 ~ 31-01-2007
Berardo Museum Opening Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 25-06-2007 ~ 24-08-2008
Latin American Art in the Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 14-12-2007 ~ 29-02-2008
Sous la Dictée de L’image Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 01-03-2010 ~ 26-05-2010
Bibliography
Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999, 2000 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 972817652X
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection, 2003 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 9728176856
Fernando Lemos and Surrealism , 2005 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729903026
Fernando Lemos e o Surrealismo – Colecção Berardo, 2006 Published by Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas ISBN 9728902034
Matta, 1985 Published by Musée National d'art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou
Matta: Dessins 1936-1989, 1990 Published by Galerie de France
Matta: Dessins 1937-1989, 1990 Published by Carré d'Art, Musée d'Art Contemporain
O Surrealismo, 2001 Published by Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil
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