The title of the Art Museum of the Americas' latest exhibition, "Roberto Matta: An Architect of Surrealism," both informs and deceives. Taken literally, it works: Though a fact not widely recognized, ...

When Roberto Matta Echaurren arrived in New York City in November 1939, he was doubly in exile. He’d left South America for Paris four years before, at 24, determined to become an architect in the ...

“This is a man who never stopped laughing, who always spoke in riddles, who identified with the joker, and is Roberto Matta's 1982 "Architecture du temps (un point sait tout)." “This is a man who ...

In the prevailing philosophy of the Orient, the immeasurable (i.e. that which cannot be named, described, or understood through any form of reason) is regarded as the primary reality. . . . To Western ...

Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren -- known for Surrealistic images of cosmic wonderlands and apocalyptic dreams, executed under the name of Matta -- died Saturday in Italy, at ...

Energetic and charismatic, Matta was able to translate European Surrealism to a generation of young American artists in a way that would galvanize them to experiment with its techniques. This ...

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden and AMA | Art Museum of the Americas announce the U.S. premiere of INTIMATTA, the new documentary film about acclaimed Chilean artist Roberto ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Date based on postmark. Matta ...

Chilean painter and sculptor Roberto Matta, often described as ”the last of the Surrealists”, has died at age 91, the Italian press reported on Sunday. Matta, a driving force of abstract art, died ...

Roberto Matta, the Chilean Surrealist painter who has died aged 91, is regarded in his native country as one of the great figures of 20th century art. Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren was ...

19.1 x 25 in. (48.51 x 63.5 cm.) Signed; on the lower right "57 Matta" and on verso on the lower right, with export Stamp on upper left corner on verso. Light and whimsical this colorful work on paper ...