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Wifredo Lam

Wifredo Lam

Cuba • 1902 - 1982 • 173 followers
Featured in: Master Artists

Painting is a universal language.

Nationality

Cuban

Categories

Printmakers

Artistic movements

Illustration, Classicism

Themes

Abstract, Art brut, Fantastic

Biography

Wifredo Lam was born in 1902 in Sagua la Grande (Cuba). He studied Law before leaving his island in 1923 for Spain.

Wifredo Lam joined the Artcollege of Madrid where he would work in the painter Fernando Alvarez de Sotomayor's atelier. His first personal exhibition was organized in 1928. The work of Wifredo Lam was in its halfcaste history (China, Africa, and the Antilles). The artist was notably inspired by Africans who brought in Cuba "their primitive culture, their magic religion, and its mystic aspect".

During the Spanish civil war, Wifredo Lam fought for the republicans. He was obliged to take refuge in France in 1937; there, he met Picasso who helped him to find his place in the Parisian artistic environment and introduced him to his friends (Michel Leiris, Paul Eluard, Tristan Tzara, Léger, Braque, Miro, Christian Zervos, Matisse, etc.). In 1939, he joined André Breton and the surrealist movement.

Wifredo Lam died in Paris in 1982. According to the painter's will, his ashes were transferred in Cuba, where was created in posthumous honoring, the "Centre Wifredo Lam" for the promotion and the study of the Third World-Plastic Arts.

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Print, Pàjaro Surrealista, Wifredo Lam

Pàjaro Surrealista

Print . 48 x 65.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 18.9 x 25.8 x 0.1 inch

CHF 819

Print, Water Bird, Wifredo Lam

Water Bird

Print . 6.2 x 5.1 cm Print . 2.4 x 2 inch

CHF 5,779

Print, Soeur de la Gazelle, Wifredo Lam

Soeur de la Gazelle

Print . 63.5 x 49.5 cm Print . 25 x 19.5 inch

CHF 2,184

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Print, Dragon Vert, Wifredo Lam

Dragon Vert

Print . 76 x 57 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.4 inch

CHF 770

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Print, Joan Prats, Wifredo Lam

Joan Prats

Print . 76 x 56 cm Print . 29.9 x 22 inch

CHF 1,059

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Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Fine Art Drawings . 16.9 x 21.9 x 0.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 6.7 x 8.6 x 0.1 inch

CHF 30,819

Design, Waterbird, Wifredo Lam

Waterbird

Design . 5.1 x 5.8 x 0.3 cm Design . 2 x 2.3 x 0.1 inch

CHF 28,893

Print, Pour Jorn, Wifredo Lam

Pour Jorn

Print . 75 x 54 cm Print . 29.5 x 21.3 inch

CHF 867

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Fine Art Drawings . 55.9 x 67.3 cm Fine Art Drawings . 22 x 26.5 inch

CHF 109,208

Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Print . 74 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 29.1 x 27.6 x 0 inch

CHF 655

Print, Orsa Maggiore, Wifredo Lam

Orsa Maggiore

Print . 80 x 64.8 cm Print . 31.5 x 25.5 inch

CHF 2,621

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Fine Art Drawings . 21.9 x 16.9 x 0.2 cm Fine Art Drawings . 8.6 x 6.7 x 0.1 inch

CHF 30,819

Print, Personage, Wifredo Lam

Personage

Print . 26 x 19 x 0.1 cm Print . 10.2 x 7.5 x 0 inch

CHF 578

Print, El Circulo de Piedra, Wifredo Lam

El Circulo de Piedra

Print . 57 x 45 cm Print . 22.4 x 17.7 inch

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Print, Laissez-moi l'enjamber, Wifredo Lam

Laissez-moi l'enjamber

Print . 70 x 50 x 0.2 cm Print . 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Laissez-moi l'enjamber, Wifredo Lam

Laissez-moi l'enjamber

Print . 65 x 50 x 0.05 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

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Print, Soeur de la Gazelle, Wifredo Lam

Soeur de la Gazelle

Print . 65 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print . 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

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Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Print . 85 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print . 33.5 x 27.6 x 0 inch

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Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Print . 83.5 x 65 x 0.1 cm Print . 32.9 x 25.6 x 0 inch

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Print, Le Vente de Sud, Wifredo Lam

Le Vente de Sud

Print . 76 x 53.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 29.9 x 21.1 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Print . 29.8 x 22.5 x 0.1 cm Print . 11.7 x 8.9 x 0 inch

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Print, Indifferent, Wifredo Lam

Indifferent

Print . 53.5 x 76 x 0.2 cm Print . 21.1 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Untitled (1), Wifredo Lam

Untitled (1)

Print . 83 x 65 x 0.2 cm Print . 32.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Figure ocre, Wifredo Lam

Figure ocre

Print . 76 x 56.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 29.9 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch

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Print, La Fuite de l’Ame, Wifredo Lam

La Fuite de l’Ame

Print . 50 x 70.5 x 0.2 cm Print . 19.7 x 27.8 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Composition with Figures, Wifredo Lam

Composition with Figures

Print . 40 x 30 x 0.2 cm Print . 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Print . 34 x 29 x 0.2 cm Print . 13.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

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