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1911
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Born: 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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Worked as an architectural assistant, Le Corbusier studio, Paris, France
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1937
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On invitation by Andre Breton, joined the Surrealist group
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1934 - 1939
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Lived 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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Lived in New York, NY
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1950 - 1954
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Lived in Rome, Italy
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1955
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Moved 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: Civitavecchia, Italy
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Expositions sélectionnées |
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2012 |
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Oils, sculptures and mixed media - Galleria d'Arte Maggiore, Bologna |
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2011 |
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Matta100 - MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile, Santiago |
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2011 |
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Matta 1911-2011 - Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao |
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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, Italy (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)
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, France (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, NY |
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1981 |
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Graphics, American Academy of Rome, Rome, Italy (solo)
A New Spirit in Painting, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK |
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1978 |
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Hom'mere (Etchings), Kettle's Yard Gallery, Cambridge University, Cambridge, MA (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, NY
Pastelli, L'Homme Descend du Signe, Galleria dell'Oca, Rome, Italy (solo)
Surrealism, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan |
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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, NY (solo) |
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1973 |
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Sebastian Matta/dipinti, disegni e incisioni 1957 - 1973, Galleria Schubert, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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1971 |
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In the Space of a Chilean Week, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Le Havre, France (solo) |
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1970 |
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Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturebesitz, Berlin, Germany (solo) |
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1969 |
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The Revolution is Architecture, Centre Culturel Municipal, Villeparisis, France (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, MA |
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1962 |
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Drawings, Pastels and Paintings, Allan Frumlin Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
Art Since 1950, American and International, Seattle World's Fair, Seattle, WA |
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1960 |
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Sculptures by Matta, Galerie du Dragon, Paris, France (solo) |
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1959 |
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15 Forms of Doubting, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Retrospective, Stockholm, Sweden |
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1958 |
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50 Ans d'Art Moderne, Palais International des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium |
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1957 |
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (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, France (solo) |
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1952 |
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L'Ouvre du XXe siècle, Peintures, Sculptures, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Paris, France |
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1951 |
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Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK (solo) |
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1948 |
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40,000 Years of Modern Art, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK |
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1947 |
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Matta (Preface by Andre Breton), Galerie René Drouin, Paris, France (solo)
Fifty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture: Abstract and Surrealist American Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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1944 |
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Twelve Contemporary Painters, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY |
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1943 |
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War and the Artist, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY |
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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, NY |
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1940 |
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Tchelitchew, Matta and Walt Disney, Julien Levy Gallery, New York, NY |
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1938 |
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Exposition Internationale du Surréalisme, Galerie des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France |
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