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Felt pen on paper Roberto Matta (1911-2002), Chilean Architect and Artist of the Surrealism Signed lower right in pencil „MATTA" Dimensions: 40 cm x 50 cm Very good condition   One or more figures are curled in the middle trying to evade the harsh judgments by the people around them. They are trying to shield themselves with their arms in front of their faces. The people around them all wear glasses, beards or masks, taking any individuality away. Some of them have wings. With their black arms, they all point out the crouching figures in front of them. Since Matta's art often reflects political events it might well be that this one is reflecting on one as well. But for now, the awkward scene remains unexplained and fascinating in a weird way. The drawing is in very good condition. The dimensions of the paper are 40 cm x 50 cm. The paper is signed in the lower right „MATTA". Roberto Matta (1911-2002) Matta was born in 1911 in Santiago de Chile. He studied architecture in Chile and later moved to Paris where he worked for Le Corbusier. He travelled a lot across Europa and met amongst others Federico García Lorca, Salvador Dalí and André Breton. Breton declared him to be a Surrealist and Matta really felt a connection to this group of artist. But first, he only wrote about architecture in a surrealistic magazine. He started painting himself in 1938 and immediately participated in the great Surrealism Exhibition in Paris. To avoid the war, Matta moved to New York, where he was very quickly accepted as an artist. He returned to Europe in 1948 and moved to Rome. Matta's art has always been politically influenced and many of his drawings show that.