Surrealist Art
SURREALIST STYLE
In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.
Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.
Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.
Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)
The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.
Find a collection of original Surrealist paintings, sculptures, prints and multiples and more art on 1stDibs.
to
4
80
21
28
35
50
47
1
15
24
38
13
11
Overall Height
to
Overall Width
to
101
24
12
2
30
27
14
9
7
5
4
4
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
94
7
2
7
12
40
7
8
933
168
142
119
101
64
53
17
10
6
Style: Surrealist
Artist: Roberto Matta
Hours of the Day series, 10pm
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Roberto Matta
Hours of the Day Series, 10pm
1975
Etching with aquatint
25 x 36 in.
Edition of 9
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and always stored flat for its protection
Frame: Unframed
The first true flowering of Matta's own art came in 1938, when he moved from drawing to the oil painting for which he is best known. This period coincided with his emigration to the United States, where he lived until 1948. His early paintings, give an indication of the work he would continue, with diffuse light patterns and bold lines on a featureless background.
As Matta’s work evolved, his key ambition to represent and evoke the human psyche in visual form was filtered through the writings of Freud and the psychoanalytic view of the mind as a three-dimensional space. These paintins "are visual analogies for the artist's psyche".
During the 1940's and 1950's, the disturbing state of world politics found reflection in Matta's work, with the canvases becoming busy with images of electrical machinery and distressed figures.
In his art Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms, known as biomorphism. He was one of the first Surrealists to take this abstract leap, successfully combining the political and the semi-abstract in epic surreal canvases.
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
Untitled
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Matta, Roberto
Title: Untitled
Series: The Obscure Arc of the Hours
Date: 1975
Medium: Engraving
Framed Dimensions: 33" x 40"
Signature: Signed
Edition: 33/33
...
Category
20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Color
Tout se Tient - Lithograph by R.S. Matta - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
T'ou't se tient is an Artwork realized in 1975, by Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren (Santiago, Chile, 1911 - Civitavecchia, Italy, 2002).
Colored Lithograph on paper. The ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sans Titre
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sans Titre" 1968, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numbered 30/...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hecatombe de Toros
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hecatombe de Toros" 1971, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hecatombe de Toros
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hecatombe de Toros" 1971, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Hecatombe de Toros
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hecatombe de Toros" 1971, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Centre Noeuds" planche #8
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #8 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #6
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #6 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #3
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #3 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #5
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #5, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #1, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #9
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #9, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #4
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #4, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #2, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #7
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #7, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
"Centre Noeuds" planche #10
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Centre Noeuds" plate #10, 1974, is an original color etching with aquatint on Japan nacre paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
La Dulce Aqua Vita
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: La Dulce Aqua Vita
Medium: Carborundum etching on handmade paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Size: 41 x 48 Inches
Edition: 116/125
Year: 2002
Notes: Publisher: ...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Sans Titre 2 Original Pastel/Drawing on Paper
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Sans Titre 2
Medium: Original pastel/drawing on paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Measurements: 20" x 25"
Framed: 28" x 35"
Authentication: Kajsa Westling N...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper
Evilliante
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title:Evilliante
Medium: Etching Carborundum with Collage and hand coloring with pastel on handmade paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition Number: 71/99
Measurem...
Category
1990s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Sans Titre 3 Original Pastel/Drawing on Paper
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Sans Titre 3
Medium: Original pastel/drawing on paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Measurements: 20" x 27"
Framed: 28" x 35"
Authentication: Kajsa Westling N...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper
Sans Titre Original Pastel/Drawing 1
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Sans Titre 1
Medium: Original pastel/drawing on paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Year: 1969
Measurements: 12" x 16"
Framed: 20" x 24"
Authentication: Kajsa...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Archival Paper
Hommage to Germana Original Drawing
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Hommage to Germana 1998
Medium: Original Black marker and colors drawing on paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Measurements: 6.5" x 8.5"
Framed: ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper
The Eld of The World
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: The Eld of The World
Medium: Color Etching and Carborundum on Handmade Paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition Number: 81/125
Measurements: 47.12" x 40"
F...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Sans Titre Drawing on print, hand colored
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Sans Titre Drawing on Print, Hand Colored
Medium: Drawing on Print with Hand Coloring
Signed: Hand Signed
Measurements: 11.8" x 16.5"
Framed: 22.5" x...
Category
1990s Surrealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Tout se Tient - Lithograph by R.S. Matta - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
T'ou't se tient is a print realized by the Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta (1911-2002).
This color lithograph on wove paper, was edited by the French magazine "XXe Siécle",...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
"T'ou't se tient" original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Issued in 1975 for XXe Siecle (issue no. 45), published in Paris by San Lazzaro. Sheet size 12 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches (310 x 240mm). Not signed.
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Folder Los 5 Destacados. Burumbauzerda
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Folder Los 5 Destacados Burumbauzerda
Medium: Original Etching & Acquatint on Arches Paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Edition Number: Proof
Measurements: 19.75...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint
Sans Titre Original Mixed Media with Collage
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Sans Titre Original Mixed Media with Collage
Medium: Mixed Media on paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Measurements: 12" x 17"
Framed: 22.5" x 27"
Certificate...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Les travailleurs de la mère
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 102,5x98 cm
Frame size: 110x105 cm
This artwork is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed by Alisée Matta.
Provenance: Artist Jean-Pierre Jouffroy, Paris.
The estate of the artist Jean-Pierre Jouffroy, Paris.
“The heart is an eye,” writes Nobel laureate Octavio Paz in an essay on Matta’s paintings. Matta creates a world coloured both by a sunny faith in the future and by visions of impending doom.
Roberto Sebastian Echaurren Antonio Matta, who died aged 91 on 23 November 2002, was born in Santiago, Chile, on 11 November 1911 into a family with Spanish, French and Basque roots, and raised in an atmosphere of religiosity. By the age of 21 he had graduated and begun work as an architect, but his leisure time he devoted to sketching and painting. In 1933 he travelled to Europe for the first time, visiting Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy and other countries, and subsequently taking the initiative to collaborate with the architect, Le Corbusier. As time passed, however, Matta’s enthusiasm for a career in architecture waned, and he began to devote himself full-time to art, making early acquaintances with surrealists such as Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, André Breton and others.
Between 1939 and 1948 Matta, like many of his artistic contemporaries, lived in self-imposed exile in the USA, but, after almost 10 years’ absence from Europe, he returned to make first Rome and then, a few years later, Paris his home. Throughout most of the rest of his life Matta commuted between his studio in Paris and his creative refuge in the monastery outside Rome. And it is here, in Italy, that he produced his greatest paintings.
Matta’s first retrospective in Sweden was organised in 1956 when his works were exhibited in what was then Galerie Colibri – run by, among others, the artist C O Hultén...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Sans Titre Original Mixed Media
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Sans Titre Original Mixed Media
Medium: Mixed Media on paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Measurements: 12" x 17"
Framed: 22.5" x 27"
Certificate of Authentic...
Category
Late 20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Theorbes et Belieres
Located in Wilton, CT
Beautiful example of Roberto Matta's book with 1 full color/ full page engraving and 4 black and white vignettes. On Arches. Signed on the justification page by the author and the ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Art
Materials
Engraving, Aquatint
Nymphee, Surrealist Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Nymphee" is a colorful Roberto Matta etching from his Requiem pour la Fin des Temps suite. The print is signed and numbered (44/100) in pencil w...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Ioessa
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Ioessa
Medium: color etching and aquatint
Edition Number: 78/100
Year: 1972
Publisher: Atelier Georges Visa, Paris
Reference: L'Oeuvre Grave de Matta, e...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
FOG, GOG, AND MAGOG
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002)
FOG, GOG, AND MAGOG 1971
Color lithograph. Plate 1 from “Fog Gog, and Magog” 1971. Signed in pencil and numbered. This work is number 92 from the edition o...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
original lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: original lithograph. Printed in Paris by Mourlot and published by Pierre à Feu and Maeght Editeur for the Marcel Duchamp / André Breton project Surréalisme en 1947. Issued in...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Cosmicstrip I, Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cosmicstrip I by Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911–2002)
Date: 1959
Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 21/50
Image Size: 14.75 x 19.25 inches
Frame Size: 23.75 x 28 inches
...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
La Source du Calme
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: La Source du Calme
Year: 2002
Medium: Carborundum Etching on Hand-Made Paper, signed and numbered in marker
Edition: 125, XXXV
Pap...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching
La Une a L'h Pile (Head to Head), Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
An early large-scale work by Chilean artist Roberto Matta. In this black-and-white surrealist piece, various figures can be seen in various acts. Signed and numbered in pencil. This edition is not from the Arabic numbered edition of 40.
La Une a L’h Pile (Head to...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Droites Liberees V, Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Droites Liberees V
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911–2002)
Date: 1971
Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 16/100
Image Size: 8.75 x 6 inches
Frame Size: 19.5 x 17 inches
Pub...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching
Les Transeport Signed Limited Edition Aquatint Etching
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
ROBERTO MATTA (1911-2002)
1977
17.5 x 22.5 in
Les Transeport,
Editions Sonet, Stockholm
printed at Atelier Georges Visat, Paris
Etchings with aquatint in colors, Signed in pencil a...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Cosmicstrip III, Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cosmicstrip III by Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911–2002)
Date: 1959
Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 21/50
Image Size: 14.75 x 19.25 inches
Frame Size: 23.75 x 28 inche...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Aquatint, Etching
L'epreuve
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A painting by Roberto Matta. "L'epreuve" is a surrealist painting, oil on canvas in palette of grays, greens, and yellows by Latin American artist Roberto Matta. It is signed in the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Hours of the Day Series, 8am
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Roberto Matta
Hours of the Day Series, 8am
1975
Etching with aquatint
25 x 36 in.
Edition of 9
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and always stored flat for its protection
Frame: Unframed
The first true flowering of Matta's own art came in 1938, when he moved from drawing to the oil painting for which he is best known. This period coincided with his emigration to the United States, where he lived until 1948. His early paintings, give an indication of the work he would continue, with diffuse light patterns and bold lines on a featureless background.
As Matta’s work evolved, his key ambition to represent and evoke the human psyche in visual form was filtered through the writings of Freud and the psychoanalytic view of the mind as a three-dimensional space. These paintins "are visual analogies for the artist's psyche".
During the 1940's and 1950's, the disturbing state of world politics found reflection in Matta's work, with the canvases becoming busy with images of electrical machinery and distressed figures.
In his art Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms, known as biomorphism. He was one of the first Surrealists to take this abstract leap, successfully combining the political and the semi-abstract in epic surreal canvases.
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Comique Trippe VII
Located in Long Island City, NY
Comique Trippe VII by Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911–2002)
Date: 1974
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 56/60
Image Size: 12.25 x 17.25 inches
Size: 16.25 x 20.5 in....
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Comique Trippe XVI
Located in Long Island City, NY
Comique Trippe XVI by Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911–2002)
Date: 1974
Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 56/60
Image Size: 12.25 x 17.25 inches
Size: 16.25 x 20.5 in....
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Rare Vintage Exhibition Leaflet - R.S. Matta - Galerie di Dragon - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Exhibition Leaflet is an original rare vintage catalogue by the Chilean artist Roberto Sebastián Matta (1911-2002).
This color artwork is the rare exhibition leaflet realized in occ...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Paper
La Source du Calme
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: La Source du Calme
Year: 2002
Medium: Carborundum Etching on Hand-Made Paper, signed and numbered in mark...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching
De trace de pas de trace de…
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil lower right
Color etching with aquatint
From: Monsour and Matta, Les Damnations, 1966 (11 plates, this one of 7 hors text images)
Edition: 85 portfolios in the re...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Felicor, Terracotta Wall Sculpture by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Felicor by Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911–2002)
Terracotta Wall Plaque, signature inscribed, numbered in ink
Edition of 49/150
Size: 15 x 12.75 x 2.25 in. (38.1 x 32.39 x 5.72 cm)
Fram...
Category
1980s Surrealist Art
Materials
Terracotta
Cosmicstrip IV, Surrealist Aquatint Etching by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Cosmicstrip IV by Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911–2002)
Date: 1959
Etching, signed and numbered in pencil
Edition of 21/50
Image Size: 14.75 x 19.25 inches
Frame Size: 23.75 x 28 inches...
Category
1950s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
La Dulce Aqua Vita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: La Dulce Aqua Vita
Year: 2002
Medium: Carborundum Etching on Hand-Made Paper, signed and numbered in marker
Edition: XXVI/XXXV
Pap...
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Art
Materials
Handmade Paper, Etching
Hours of the Day series, 8pm
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Roberto Matta
Hours of the Day Series, 8pm
1975
Etching with aquatint
25 x 36 in.
Edition of 9
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and always stored flat for its protection
Frame: Unframed
The first true flowering of Matta's own art came in 1938, when he moved from drawing to the oil painting for which he is best known. This period coincided with his emigration to the United States, where he lived until 1948. His early paintings, give an indication of the work he would continue, with diffuse light patterns and bold lines on a featureless background.
As Matta’s work evolved, his key ambition to represent and evoke the human psyche in visual form was filtered through the writings of Freud and the psychoanalytic view of the mind as a three-dimensional space. These paintins "are visual analogies for the artist's psyche".
During the 1940's and 1950's, the disturbing state of world politics found reflection in Matta's work, with the canvases becoming busy with images of electrical machinery and distressed figures.
In his art Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms, known as biomorphism. He was one of the first Surrealists to take this abstract leap, successfully combining the political and the semi-abstract in epic surreal canvases.
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Composition - Drawing by Roberto Matta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a wonderful Pastel drawing on paper realized in the early 1970s by the Surrealist artist Sebastián Matta (Santiago de Chile, 1911 - Civitavecchia, 2002).
Not signed,...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Pencil
Espace de l'Espece, Surrealist Lithograph by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph was created by Chilean artist Roberto Matta. Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms in a biomorphic style. He was one of the first ar...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Lithograph
Archer, from Transports
Located in Miami, FL
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Roberto Matta
Archer, from Transports
1976
Etching aquatint
18 x 23 in.
Edition of 100
Pencil signed and numbered
Condition: This work is in excellent condition. It has never been framed and always stored flat for its protection
Frame: Unframed
ABOUT THE ARTIST
The first true flowering of Matta's own art came in 1938, when he moved from drawing to the oil painting for which he is best known. This period coincided with his emigration to the United States, where he lived until 1948. His early paintings, give an indication of the work he would continue, with diffuse light patterns and bold lines on a featureless background.
As Matta’s work evolved, his key ambition to represent and evoke the human psyche in visual form was filtered through the writings of Freud and the psychoanalytic view of the mind as a three-dimensional space. These paintins "are visual analogies for the artist's psyche".
During the 1940's and 1950's, the disturbing state of world politics found reflection in Matta's work, with the canvases becoming busy with images of electrical machinery and distressed figures.
In his art Matta creates new dimensions in a blend of organic and cosmic lifeforms, known as biomorphism. He was one of the first Surrealists to take this abstract leap, successfully combining the political and the semi-abstract in epic surreal canvases.
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Ancien Victorieux je te morphose from Hom'mere I (Chaosmos) by Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002)
Title: Ancien Victorieux Je te morphose from Hom'mere (Chaosmos)
Year: 1974
Medium: Etching with Aquatint on Arches, Signed and Numbered ...
Category
1970s Surrealist Art
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
MATTA - 10 EROTIC ETCHINGS - New School Portfolio
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ROBERTO MATTA (Chilean 1911- 2002)
NEW SCHOOL PORTFOLIO (1943-5) (Sabatier 1-7, 4 prints not recorded by Sabatier)
Portfolio with complete set of 10 etch...
Category
1940s Surrealist Art
Materials
Inkjet, Etching
Surrealist art for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Surrealist art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, red and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall, Joan Miró, and Leonor Fini. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Lithograph and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Surrealist art, so small editions measuring 1 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $1,450,000, while the average work sells for $1,426.
Recently Viewed
View AllMore Ways To Browse
Neon Yellow
French Painted Poster
Oil Painting 19th Century Man
Oil Painting Man 19th Century
Old Man Figure
Flower Hat
The Big Five
Distressed Paper
Antique Oil On Canvas In Gilt Frame
Wood Female Figure
Porter Vintage
Drew Gold
Vintage Air Force
Italian Late 19th Century Oil
Twenty Seven
Large 1906
Vintage Mid Century Oil On Canvas Painting
Stone Horse