Roberto Matta
Born 1911 in Santiago de Chile Painter of surrealism Chilean, 20th century
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Curriculum Vitae
1931	Study architecture in Chile
1933	Move to Paris, works until1934 with Le Corbusier
1935	On a journey to Spain meets Federico García Lorca and Salvador Dalí and starts to pain
1937	André Breton invites him to work with the surrealist artists
1938	Participation at the grand surrealism exhibition in Paris, migration to New York because of the danger of war
1942	Pierre Matisse Gallery: Matta Oils, Pencils and Paintings, New York
1947	Exclusion from the surrealist artists
1947	Galerie Maeght: Exposición Internacional del Surrealismo, Paris
1948	Return to Europe
1950	Gallería dell´Obelisco: Matta Fosforesciamo, Rom
1951	Institute of Contemporary Arts: Matta, London
1954	Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes: Matta, Santiago, Chile
1957	The Museum of Modern Art: Retrospectiva, New York
1959	Moderna Museet: Sebastián Matta 15 Forms of Doubting, Stockholm
1960	Works very often with students of Cuba, his work refers to political events
1964	Casa de las Américas: Monthartist: Matta, La Habana
1970	Nationalgalerie, Berlin
1975	Museo de Arte Moderno: Matta, Mexico
1983	"Mediterráneo verbo América", Valencia, Barcelona, Madrid und Bilbao
1987	Musee d´Art Decorative du Louvre: Eramen de Roberto Matta, Paris
1990	Nationalprize of the Art Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Chile
1991	Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes: Matta-Universo-11-11-11, Santiago
1993	Galería Plástica Nueva: Les Oh! Tomobiles y El Arco oscuro de las Horas, Santiago, Chile
1999	Museo Nacional Reina Sofía: Retrospectiva, Madrid
2000	Centro Cultural de Viña del Mar: Mattamorfosis, Chile
2002	Palazzo dei Sette: Matta L´occhio a la finestra, Comune di Orvieto, Italien
2002	Roberto Matta dies
Exhibitions
2004	Galerie Malingue: Matta 1936 - 1944 Dèbut d´un Nuveau Monde, Paris
2007	Galería Animal: Roberto Matta, Santiago, Chile