Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is $5,010,500 USD for La révolte des contraires , sold at Christie's New York in 2012.

He began to write at age 3. More than any of the Europeans, Matta was the single greatest influence over this generation of American artists, living in New York and open to revolutionary forms of artistic expression. Upon Marcel Duchamp’s request he moved to New York to flee the 2nd World War. Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 – 2002) Roberto Matta was a sketch artist and painter known for his work in the Abstract Expressionist and Surrealist movements during the 20th century. Roberto Matta (Chilean-born French Surrealist/Abstract Expressionist Painter, 1911-2002) Discover the coolest shows in New York at www.artexperience.com Famous Art Pieces Modern Art Contemporary Art Robert Motherwell Surrealism Painting Max Ernst Artist Life Magritte Fantastic Art

Roberto Matta était un artiste chilien révolutionnaire qui préfigurait l'expressionnisme abstrait avec ses œuvres surréalistes et monumentales. Matta was born 11/11/11 in Santiago de Chile of European descent (Spanish and Basque). Available for sale from Opera Gallery, Roberto Matta, Trois Voix Dans Une (1976), Oil on canvas, 108 × 102 cm Like Salvador Dalí’s The Persistence of Memory (1931), Crucifiction (1938) by Chilean painter Roberto Matta is considered a Surrealist masterpiece.

Roberto Matta, Chilean-born painter of mysterious fantastic environments who lived his adult life outside his homeland and became identified with the international Surrealist movement.

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Matta completed an architecture degree at the Matta’s first one-artist exhibition was held at the Julian Levy Gallery, New York in 1940, and since that time, nearly 400 solo exhibitions of his work have … He was born in Santiago, Chile.

Available for sale from Art Commerce, Roberto Matta, Centre Noeuds, Plate V (1974), Etching & Aquatint on Arches paper, 23 87/100 × 17 3/4 in As a member of the Surrealist movement and an early mentor to several Abstract Expressionists, Matta broke with both groups to pursue a highly personal artistic vision.

Artist: Roberto Matta (Chilean, Santiago 1911–2002 Civitavecchia, Italy) Date: ca.

The artist studied architecture and interior design at the Ponificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren, known as Matta, whose hallucinatory paintings made him a major surrealist, died on Saturday November 23, 2002 in Tarquinia, Italy. Whitepages people search is the most trusted directory.