PAINTER

Roberto Matta

1911 - 2002

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Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (Spanish: [roˈβeɾto ˈmata]; November 11, 1911 – November 23, 2002), better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art across the Americas and Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roberto Matta has received more than 340,193 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Roberto Matta is the 609th most popular painter (up from 702nd in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Chile (up from 30th in 2019) and the most popular Chilean Painter.

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  • 64.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Roberto Matta ranks 609 out of 2,023. Before him are Martiros Saryan, Michael Sittow, Jules Dupré, Nikolaos Gyzis, Felix Nussbaum, and Constant Troyon. After him are Giovanni Battista Moroni, Ludolf Bakhuizen, Frank Stella, Francesco Francia, Leonid Pasternak, and Vlaho Bukovac.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Roberto Matta ranks 78. Before him are Luis Walter Alvarez, Jussi Björling, William Stuart-Houston, George Stigler, Maria Reiter, and Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock. After him are Elizabeth Bishop, Lucille Ball, Thanom Kittikachorn, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Hubert Humphrey, and Gustavo Díaz Ordaz. Among people deceased in 2002, Roberto Matta ranks 67. Before him are Chico Xavier, Shigeo Sugimoto, Abba Eban, Erwin Chargaff, Joaquín Balaguer, and Cyrus Vance. After him are Infanta Beatriz of Spain, Peggy Lee, John Entwistle, Velibor Vasović, Geraldine of Albania, and François Périer.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Roberto Matta ranks 25 out of 321. Before him are Lautaro (1534), Iván Zamorano (1967), Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (1942), Leonel Sánchez (1936), Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), and Luis Corvalán (1916). After him are Raúl Ruiz (1941), Jorge Alessandri (1896), Alexis Sánchez (1988), Orlando Letelier (1932), Francisco Varela (1946), and Humberto Maturana (1928).

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Among PAINTERS In Chile

Among painters born in Chile, Roberto Matta ranks 1. 

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