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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 314,343 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Roberto Matta is the 703rd most popular painter (up from 718th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Chile (down from 28th in 2019) and the most popular Chilean Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Roberto Matta ranks 703 out of 1,421Before him are Jasper Johns, Victor Brauner, Louis-Léopold Boilly, Dong Qichang, Hercules Seghers, and Émile Friant. After him are Aert de Gelder, Wifredo Lam, Benvenuto Tisi, Eugene de Blaas, Liang Kai, and Maurycy Gottlieb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Roberto Matta ranks 91Before him are Andor Lilienthal, Viktor Barna, David Seymour, Luis Walter Alvarez, André Claveau, and Józef Cyrankiewicz. After him are Maureen O'Sullivan, André Leroi-Gourhan, Hans Woellke, Karl Frenzel, Nikolai Kuznetsov, and Zenkō Suzuki. Among people deceased in 2002, Roberto Matta ranks 86Before him are Juan Antonio Bardem, Brad Dexter, Uziel Gal, Velibor Vasović, Thomas Gordon, and Marina Berti. After him are Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Shigeo Sugimoto, Barbara Valentin, Michail Stasinopoulos, Dee Dee Ramone, and Eugenio Coșeriu.

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In Chile

Among people born in Chile, Roberto Matta ranks 30 out of 265Before him are Humberto Maturana (1928), Hugo Gunckel Lüer (1901), Raúl Ruiz (1941), Luis Corvalán (1916), Antonio Skármeta (1940), and Nicanor Parra (1914). After him are Laura Vicuña (1891), Francisco Varela (1946), Arturo Vidal (1987), Orlando Letelier (1932), Jorge Alessandri (1896), and Leonel Sánchez (1936).

Among PAINTERS In Chile

Among painters born in Chile, Roberto Matta ranks 1