{{Short description|French artist (1931–2008)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Charles Matton | image = Charles_Matton_painting_a_red_wall.jpg | caption = Charles Matton in 1988 | field = Painting, Sculpture, Illustration, Photography, Cinema | birth_date = {{birth date|1931|09|13}} | birth_place = Paris, France | death_date = {{death date and age|2008|11|19|1931|09|13}} | movement = Hyperrealism | awards = Chevalier des Arts et Lettres | works = <div> * ''Dindon'' * ''Léonard's portrait'' * ''The New-York Loft'' * ''The Little-Fats' Merry-go-round'' * ''The great Lulu'' </div> <!-- | compléments = <div> * </div>--> }}
'''Charles Matton''', also known as '''Gabriel Pasqualini''', (13 September 1931 – 19 November 2008)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://forumgallery.com/artist/charles-matton/biography|title=Biography - Forum Gallery|work=forumgallery.com|access-date=2013-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231064834/http://forumgallery.com/artist/charles-matton/biography/|archive-date=2013-12-31|url-status=dead}}</ref> was a multitalented French artist: painter, sculptor, illustrator, writer, photographer, screenwriter and a movie director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com/london/united-kingdom/charles-matton-enclosures|title=Charles Matton: Enclosures|work=Time Out London|date=19 September 2011 }}</ref>
== Illustrations == In the 1970s, Matton worked with Jean-Paul Goude at ''Esquire'',<ref>"[http://www.aestheticamagazine.com/infinity-in-miniature Infinity in Miniature]" ''Aesthetica: The Art and Culture Magazine''. 1 August 2011</ref> working as an illustrator and a photographer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://5000photographs.blogspot.fr/2012/05/photograph-304-charles-matton.html|title=5000 Photographs|work=5000photographs.blogspot.fr}}</ref>
== The ''Boxes'' == In 1983, Matton was able to show his art in Paris, and in 1987, he exhibited at the Palais de Tokyo. There, he showed what would become his famous ''Boxes''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1MWyNGGtvRQC&pg=PT48 |title=This is not a President: Sense, nonsense and the American Political Imaginary|first=Diane |last=Rubenstein|date=January 2008 |isbn=9780814776209 }}</ref> Then, in 1989, he exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art of Paris, the Centre Georges Pompidou.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/ressource.action;jsessionid=BF6311AC1130491A5A51254225A66A28?param.id=id¶m.idSource=FR_DO-a56fb822a7c7124547b71d94a62bf69d|title=Le document Charles Matton - Centre Pompidou|work=centrepompidou.fr}}</ref>
During the last decade of his life, Matton showed his work all around the world, especially in New York and Los Angeles, through the Forum Gallery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kisa-lala/architect-of-illusions-ch_b_968670.html|title=Architect of Illusions: Charles Matton's Enclosures|work=The Huffington Post|date=21 September 2011 }}</ref>
After his death, his wife, Sylvie Matton, kept promoting his work and exhibitions took place in Germany and England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/arts/charles-mattons-magical-imagination/84833/|title=Charles Matton's Magical Imagination|work=nysun.com}}</ref>
== Films == * 1999 : ''Rembrandt''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/rembrandt-2-1200459428|title=Rembrandt|author=Lisa Nesselson|work=Variety|date=18 October 1999 }}</ref> * 1994 : ''The Light of the Dead Stars'' * 1988 : ''Douanes'' (documentary) * 1976 : ''Spermula'' * 1972 : ''L’Italien des roses'' * 1968 : ''Mai 68 ou les violences policières'' (short) * 1967 : ''La Pomme ou l’histoire d’une histoire'' (short)
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== External links == {{commons category}} * {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202121503/http://www.charlesmatton.com/ |date=2011-02-02|title=Official website}} * {{IMDb name|id=0560400}} * [http://www.allvisualarts.org/artists/charlesmatton.aspx/ Boxes at the All Visual Arts Gallery, London] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200705/http://galeriemichaelhaas.de/index.php/works.1045.html Boxes at the Michael Haas Gallery, Berlin] * [http://www.bulgergallery.com/dynamic/fr_artist.asp?ArtistID=181/ Photographic works at the Steven Bulger Gallery, Toronto]{{dead link|date=November 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} * [http://www.pinterest.com/edademirelnergi/charles-matton-miniatures/ Boxes on Pinterest] * [http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/charles-matton/ Works on Tumblr]
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