Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren
About
Roberto Matta, born in Santiago, Chile, to a family of Spanish, Basque, and French descent, initially studied architecture at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, graduating around 1933-1935. He apprenticed under architects like Le Corbusier in Paris, but shifted to art after travels and encounters with Surrealists including André Breton, Salvador Dalí, and Federico García Lorca. Joining the Surrealist movement in 1937, he pioneered 'Psychological Morphologies,' blending architecture, abstraction, and cosmic landscapes, and fled to New York in 1939, influencing Abstract Expressionists like Jackson Pollock and Arshile Gorky.[1][2][3][5][8]
Surrealism with abstract expressionist elements, featuring biomorphic cosmic landscapes and psychological morphologies
Selected Exhibitions
- Julian Levy Gallery, New York (1940)
- Exposicion International du Surrealism, Paris (1938)
- Centre Georges Pompidou (1985)
- Museo de Bellas Artes, Havana (1984)
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (1966)