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Matta Echaurren

American  
[mah-tah e-chour-ren] / ˈmɑ tɑ ɛˈtʃaʊr rɛn /

noun

  1. Roberto Antonio Sebastián 1911–2002, Chilean painter.


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Among the best living arguments for abstractionism is a 40-year-old Chilean named Roberto Sebastian Antonio Matta Echaurren, who calls himself simply "Matta."

From Time Magazine Archive

Other surrealists whose pictures attracted crowds were Chilean-born Matta Echaurren, a specialist in vaguely visceral abstractions, and Leon Kelly, a U.S.-born newcomer, who had been painting odd dreams in Paris and Philadelphia for years, but had waited a long time to show them in broad daylight.

From Time Magazine Archive