FRANCISCO MATTO
Montevideo, Uruguay 1911 - 1995
Privately tutored and a child painter, Matto at age 21,
traveled to Tierra del Fuego and acquired the first Columbian
pieces of what was to become a major collection and an important influence on his art.
Matto met Torres-García in 1939, joining his atelier and exhibiting with
the artists of the Taller Torres-García until the 1960's.
An elegant, aristocratic man, Matto worked with humble materials,
preferring cardboard to canvas and found pieces of wood for his sculptures.
His work has been exhibited at the Sálon des Surindépendants, Paris; the Stedelijk
Museum, Amsterdam; in Spain, Italy, Germany, Moscow, Tokyo, New York and
throughout Latin America. Matto's monumental concrete sculptures are
landmarks in Punta del Este, Uruguay.
One Person Exhibitions:
| 1999 |  | Matto:Totems, Portraits and Graphisms, Cecilia de Torres Gallery, New York
Matto: Galería Palatina, Buenos Aires |
| 1994 | | Francisco Matto, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York |
| 1989 | | Francisco Matto - Retrospectiva, Subte Municipal de Montevideo |
| 1975 | | Galería Contemporanea, Montevideo |
Group Exhibitions:
| 1998 | | The School of the South, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York
La Escuela del Sur - El Taller Torres-García, Iturralde Gallery,
Los Angeles, California |
| 1997 | | A Escola do Sul, Pavilhão Cultural Renée Behar, São Paulo, Brazil
La Escuela del Sur, Museo Bellas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela
T-G y 10 Artistas del Taller, Galería Ruth Benzacar, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dibujos en papel, Galería Clavé, Caracas, Venezuela
El Taller Torres-García, Museo Central de Costa Rica, San Juan |
| 1996 | | The Still Life, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd. , New York
Le Cercle de Torres-García, Zabriskie Gallery, Paris, France
Constructive Universalism-School of the South, Museum of the Americas,
Washington, D.C. |
| 1995 | | 65 Years of Constructivist Wood, Cecilia de Torres, Ltd., New York. |
| 1994 | | Torres-García y la Escuela del Sur, Quinta Galeria, Bogotá, Colombia |
| 1992- | | El Taller Torres-García: The School of the South: Centro Reina Sofia, Madrid; |
| 1991 | | Archer M. Huntington Museum, Austin, Texas; The Bronx Museum, New York;
The Monterrey Museum and the Rufino Tamayo Museum, Mexico. |
| 1986 | | Torres-García and his Legacy, Kouros Gallery, New York. |
| 1974 | | Sala Monzón, Madrid, Spain. |
| 1970 | | Universalismo Constructivo, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires. |
| 1964 | | Salón Comisión Nacional de Bellas Artes & the Jockey Club of Montevideo. |
| 1955 | | Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; XXIX Salón des surindépendants, Paris |
| 1953 | | II Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil. |
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