Matta Echaurren, Roberto Sebastian Antonio (1911–2002). Painter, printmaker, and sculptor
Of all the European surrealists, Matta exerted the most direct influence on the emergence of *abstract expressionism in New York during the early 1940s. Although he was about the same age as the young Americans, the authority and originality of his work provided a powerful stimulus, as did his idealism, ambition, erudition, visionary purpose, and forceful personality.... ...
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