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(l. to r.) Gordon Onslow Ford,
Matta, Estéban Francès in 1939
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with André Breton in 1939
(l. to r.) Gordon Onslow Ford, Matta, Estéban Francès in 1939 |
with André Breton in 1939 |
) in Hauterives (France), 1939 |
1940s
) Matta in Taxco, Mexico, 1941 |
) Matta in 1941 with 2 paintings, "Rocks" (1940) and (foreground) "Rain" (1941) |
) March, 1942 in New York: (l. to r.) Matta, Ossip Zadkine, Yves Tanguy, Max Ernst, Marc Chagall, Fernand Léger. (back row:) André Breton, Piet Mondrian, André Masson, Amédée Ozenfant, Jacques Lipchitz, Pavel Tchelitchev, Kurt Seligmann, Eugene Berman. |
1950s
) Matta in 1958 with "Le Courier", commissioned for the Unesco building in Paris. (see a color photo in the "1958" gallery) |
1960s
) Matta practicing "automatism", painting as fast as possible to reveal the subconscious. |
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) painting the 7-meter mural "Vivir enfrentando las flechas" for the University of Santiago, 1961 |
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) Matta in front of "Grimau ou les puissanaces du désordre", 1965 |
) Matta's second wife Malitte, André Breton, Matta |
) French artist Alicia Penalba, Matta, Wilfredo Lam in 1968 |
1970s
) Max Ernst and Matta in 1971 |
) Matta in 1972 with "Coïgitum" |
1980s
) Germana Ferrari (Matta's wife) with Matta in Berlin, 1982 |
1990s
) Matta in 1990 |
) Matta with "Foot-coreography", 1990 |
) in 1995 working on Carborundum etching "Eveillante" |
) Matta's studio with works in progress, 1996 |
) Matta in his studio in October, 1999 |
2000s
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) These two photos were taken in 2002 soon before Matta died on Nov. 23, 2002 |
) Pall bearers carry the casket of famous Chilean artist Roberto Matta during a funeral at the Annunziata's church in Tarquinia, north of Rome, November 26, 2002. Chilean President Ricardo Lagos declared three days of national mourning after Matta died at his home in Italy on November 23. REUTERS/Giampiero Sposito |
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