Painter of surrealism
Chilean, 20th/21st century
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Born 1911 in Santiago de Chile Painter of surrealism Chilean, 20th/21st century |
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| 1928 | Roberto Matta works as interior designer in Santiago |
| 1929 – 1931 | Study of architecture at the Catholic University of Santiago |
| 1934 – 1936 | Roberto Matta works as an Assistant for architecture at the Le Corbusier Studio in Paris |
| 1937 | Roberto Matta puts his focus on painting |
| 1937-1948 | Member of the Surrealist Group of André Breton in Paris |
| 1938 | Group exhibition, Galerie des Beaux-Arts: Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, Paris |
| 1939 | Roberto Matta moves to New York |
| 1940 | Group exhibition, Julien Levy Gallery: Tchelitchew, Matta and Walt Disney, New York |
| 1942 | First solo exhibition, Pierre Matisse Gallery: Oils, Pencils and Paintings, New York |
| 1947 | Group exhibition, Galerie Maeght: Le Surréalisme en 1947, Paris |
| 1948 | Exclusion of the Surrealist Group |
| 1948 | Return to Europe |
| 1950 – 1954 | Roberto Matta lives in Rome |
| 1951 | Institute of Contemporary Arts: Matta, London |
| 1955 | Pan American Union: Matta of Chile, Washington |
| 1957 | Museum of Modern Art: Retrospective, New York |
| 1959 | Moderna Museet: Retrospective, 15 Forms of Doubting, Stockholm |
| 1968 | National Gallery of Art: Painting in France 1900-1967, Washington |
| 1970 | Nationalgalerie Berlin: Matta, Berlin |
| 1985 | Musée National d´ Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou: Roberto Matta, Paris |
| 1988 | Museum Bochum: Matta, Drawings 1937-88, Bochum; Palazzo Venezia: Italy Matta, Matta in Italy, Rom; Maxwell Davidson Gallery: Matta, The Early Years, New York |
| 1990 | Acquavella Contemporary Art: Matta, Drawings 1937-1946, New York |
| 1991 | Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes: Matta Exhibition, One verse 11-11-11, Santiago |
| 1992 | Group exhibition, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: Crosscurrents of Modernism: Four Latin American Pioneers, Washington |
| 1993 | Galeria Arte Actual: Matta, Engravings, Santiago; Arts Club of Chicago: Matta, Works from Chicago Collections, Chicago |
| 1995 | Musee des Beaux-Arts André Malraux: Transparency in the Art of the 20th Century, Le Havre |
| 1997 | Museion - Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art: Matta, Die Elemente, Bozen; André Emmerich Gallery: Matta, Paintings and Drawings, New York |
| 1998 | Haggerty Museum of Art: Matta, Surrealism and Beyond, Chicago |
| 1999 | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía: Matta, Madrid |
| 2001 | Museum of Contemporary Art: Matta in America, Paintings and Drawings of the 1940s, Los Angeles |
| 2002 | Dies in Civitavecchia |
| 2004 | Galerie Malingue, Paris; McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College: Matta, Making the Invisible Visible, Chestnut Hill; Art Museum of the Americas: Roberto Matta, Washington |
| 2007 | Galería Animal: Roberto Matta, Santiago, Chile; Galerie Renée Ziegler: Gravures, Roberto Matta, Zürich; EL SOURDOG HEX: Roberto Matta, What is the Object of the Mind? (large paintings, 1946-1981), Berlin |
| 2008 | Group exhibition, Fondation Beyeler: Action Painting, Riehen/Basel |
| 2009 | Instituto Tomie Ohtake: Latitudes, São Paulo |