Wifredo Lam
Also known as L Lam, Wilfredo Lam, Wifredo Oscar de la Conception Lam y Castilla, Wifredo Lam y Castilla, Wifredo Oscar de la Conception Lam
Cuban artist (1902-1982)
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- Imagining New Worlds
- Wifredo Lam at Miami Art Museum
- Seitan 100-nen kinen, Vifuredo Ramu Ten
- Dibujar a Lam
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Lam's Zambezia, Zambezia, oil on canvas, 1950, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (Chinese: 林飛龍; Jyutping: lam4 fei1lung4; December 8, 1902 – September 11, 1982), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. Inspired by and in contact with some of the most renowned artists of the 20th century, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo, and Diego Rivera, Lam melded his influences and created a unique style, which was ultimately characterized by the prominence of hybrid figures. This distinctive visual style of his also influenced many artists. Though he was predominantly a painter, he also worked with sculpture, ceramics, and printmaking in his later life.
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1902 births1982 deaths20th-century Cuban male artists20th-century Cuban paintersAcademia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro alumniCuban expatriates in FranceCuban expatriates in SpainCuban male paintersCuban modern paintersCuban people of Chinese descentCuban people of Kongo descentCuban surrealist artists