(Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren)
| Born: | November 11, 1911 in Santiago, Chile |
| Died: | November 23, 2002 in Civitavecchia, Italy |
| Emigrated: | To France in 1948; Settled in Paris, but continued travelling |
| "La Tierra es el Hombre" | |
| "The Earth is a Man" | 1942, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 238 |
| Others at AIC: | "Untitled (Psychological Morphology)", 1939, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 237 |
| "Untitled", 1938-1939, Oil on Canvas, Gallery 237 | |
| (and more) | |
| Painting: | Volatile forms engulfed in cosmic upheaval |
| Style/Period: | "Volcanic Style" of surrealism using rich color and complex structure |
| Education: | Graduated in Architecture from the Catholic University in Santiago in 1931 |
| Influences: | Science - Sought to show the invisible environmental forces that act on us |
| Surrealism - Fascinated by the movement | |
| Architecture - His training and drafting experience helped him create structure and other-worldy scenes | |
| Contributions: | Abstraction - Gave his ideas to the abstract expressionism movement |
| Accidents - Used spilled paint to reach the subconscious |
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