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Birth
1911 (Santiago, Chile)
Death
2002 (Civitavecchia, Italy)
Lived/Active
New York/Illinois / Chile/Italy/France
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Often Known For
abstract figurative and surreal painting
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Matta was born on November 11, 1911, and brought up in Santiago, Chile.
He was educated in his native country as an architect and interior
designer at the Sacr Coeur Jesuit College and at the Catholic
University of Santiago from 1929 to 1931. In 1933 he became a Merchant
Marine which enabled him to leave Santiago and travel to Europe. In the
1930s he went to Paris where he studied architecture under LeCorbusier.
At the end of 1934 Matta visited Spain, where he met the poet and
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