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Also Known As	Roberto Antonio Sebastian Matta Echaurren
Born	November 11, 1911 • Santiago • Chile
Died	November 23, 2002 (aged 91) • Civitavecchia • Italy • (Died on this day)
Awards And Honors	Praemium Imperiale (1995)
Movement / Style	Surrealism

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Alberto Giacometti

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Leonora Carrington

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Dorothea Tanning

American painter and writer

Leonor Fini

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Jean Cocteau

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Kay Sage

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Sir Roland Penrose

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Jean Arp

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Max Ernst

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Arshile Gorky

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