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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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Painting, Le regard vertical, Wifredo Lam

Le regard vertical

Wifredo Lam

Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$2,094

Print, Règne vertical - Pleni Luna, Wifredo Lam

Règne vertical - Pleni Luna

Wifredo Lam

Print - 24.4 x 19.5 inch

$962

Fine Art Drawings, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Wifredo Lam

Fine Art Drawings - 22 x 26.5 inch

$125,000

Painting, Le regard vertical, Wifredo Lam

Le regard vertical

Wifredo Lam

Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$2,094

Painting, Le Regard Vertical, Wifredo Lam

Le Regard Vertical

Wifredo Lam

Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$2,094

Painting, Le regard vertical, Wifredo Lam

Le regard vertical

Wifredo Lam

Painting - 25.6 x 19.7 x 1.6 inch

$2,094

Print, Sans titre, Wifredo Lam

Sans titre

Wifredo Lam

Print - 25.9 x 19.8 inch

$962

Print, Taureau-trois-graines s’est laisse pousser les dents, Wifredo Lam

Taureau-trois-graines s’est laisse pousser les dents

Wifredo Lam

Print - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

$962

Print, Multipliés des membres des Loa, Wifredo Lam

Multipliés des membres des Loa

Wifredo Lam

Print - 25.6 x 19.7 inch

$962

Print, Paroles Peintes, Wifredo Lam

Paroles Peintes

Wifredo Lam

Print - 14.8 x 11.1 x 0 inch

$509

Print, Joan Prats, Wifredo Lam

Joan Prats

Wifredo Lam

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

$1,245

Print, Soeur de la Gazelle, Wifredo Lam

Soeur de la Gazelle

Wifredo Lam

Print - 25 x 19.5 inch

$2,500

Print, Taureau-trois-graines s'est laisse pousser les dents, Wifredo Lam

Taureau-trois-graines s'est laisse pousser les dents

Wifredo Lam

Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$2,038

Print, Le feu vert, Wifredo Lam

Le feu vert

Wifredo Lam

Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

$668

Print, El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma, Wifredo Lam

El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma

Wifredo Lam

Print - 19.7 x 14.2 x 1.6 inch

$3,170

Print, El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 7, Wifredo Lam

El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 7

Wifredo Lam

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

$906

Print, El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 1, Wifredo Lam

El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 1

Wifredo Lam

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

$906

Print, El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 10, Wifredo Lam

El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 10

Wifredo Lam

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

$906

Print, Pour Jorn, Wifredo Lam

Pour Jorn

Wifredo Lam

Print - 29.5 x 21.3 inch

$1,019

Print, Figure ocre, Wifredo Lam

Figure ocre

Wifredo Lam

Print - 29.9 x 22.2 x 0.1 inch

$906

Print, El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 6, Wifredo Lam

El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 6

Wifredo Lam

Print - 22 x 29.9 x 0.4 inch

$906

Print, El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 8, Wifredo Lam

El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 8

Wifredo Lam

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

$906

Print, El Ultimo Viaje Del Buque Fantasma, Wifredo Lam

El Ultimo Viaje Del Buque Fantasma

Wifredo Lam

Print - 30 x 21.75 inch

$3,000

Print, Orsa Maggiore, Wifredo Lam

Orsa Maggiore

Wifredo Lam

Print - 31.5 x 25.5 inch

$2,150

Print, Au galop, au galop n'est pas rose, Wifredo Lam

Au galop, au galop n'est pas rose

Wifredo Lam

Print - 23.2 x 31.5 inch

$679

Print, Le monde entre dans un sac, Wifredo Lam

Le monde entre dans un sac

Wifredo Lam

Print - 31.5 x 23.2 inch

$679

Print, El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 11, Wifredo Lam

El ultimo viaje del buque fantasma - 11

Wifredo Lam

Print - 29.9 x 22 inch

$566

Print, Personage, Wifredo Lam

Personage

Wifredo Lam

Print - 10.2 x 7.5 x 0 inch

$679

Print, El casquee from the Pleni Luna suite, Wifredo Lam

El casquee from the Pleni Luna suite

Wifredo Lam

Print - 32 x 25 inch

$2,500

Print, El último viaje del buque fantasma III, Wifredo Lam

El último viaje del buque fantasma III

Wifredo Lam

Print - 19.7 x 28 x 0.1 inch

$453

Print, El último viaje del buque fantasma I, Wifredo Lam

El último viaje del buque fantasma I

Wifredo Lam

Print - 19.7 x 14 x 0.1 inch

$453

Print, El último viaje del buque fantasma X, Wifredo Lam

El último viaje del buque fantasma X

Wifredo Lam

Print - 19.7 x 28 x 0.1 inch

$453

Painting, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Wifredo Lam

Painting - 16.3 x 11.9 inch

Price upon request

Sculpture, L’oiseau de Feu – L’oiseau de Fer (Bird of Fire – Bird of Iron), Wifredo Lam

L’oiseau de Feu – L’oiseau de Fer (Bird of Fire – Bird of Iron)

Wifredo Lam

Sculpture - 10.2 x 11 x 3.9 inch

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Print, La Fuite de l’Ame, Wifredo Lam

La Fuite de l’Ame

Wifredo Lam

Print - 19.7 x 27.8 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Indifferent, Wifredo Lam

Indifferent

Wifredo Lam

Print - 21.1 x 29.9 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Laissez-moi l'enjamber, Wifredo Lam

Laissez-moi l'enjamber

Wifredo Lam

Print - 27.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Le Vente de Sud, Wifredo Lam

Le Vente de Sud

Wifredo Lam

Print - 29.9 x 21.1 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Wifredo Lam

Print - 32.9 x 25.6 x 0 inch

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Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Wifredo Lam

Print - 13.4 x 11.4 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Elle, casqué - from the suite Pleni Luna, Wifredo Lam

Elle, casqué - from the suite Pleni Luna

Wifredo Lam

Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Belle épine - from the suite 'Pleni Luna', Wifredo Lam

Belle épine - from the suite 'Pleni Luna'

Wifredo Lam

Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0 inch

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Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Wifredo Lam

Print - 11.7 x 8.9 x 0 inch

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Print, Innoncence - from the suite Pleni Luna, Wifredo Lam

Innoncence - from the suite Pleni Luna

Wifredo Lam

Print - 25.6 x 19.7 x 0.1 inch

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Print, El Circulo de Piedra, Wifredo Lam

El Circulo de Piedra

Wifredo Lam

Print - 22.4 x 17.7 inch

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Print, Des hommes oiseaux, des nageurs courbes, Wifredo Lam

Des hommes oiseaux, des nageurs courbes

Wifredo Lam

Print - 23.2 x 31.5 inch

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Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Wifredo Lam

Print - 33.5 x 27.6 x 0 inch

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Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Wifredo Lam

Print - 32.9 x 25.6 x 0 inch

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Print, Untitled, Wifredo Lam

Untitled

Wifredo Lam

Print - 33.5 x 27.6 x 0 inch

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Print, Les amies, Wifredo Lam

Les amies

Wifredo Lam

Print - 15 x 11 inch

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Sculpture, Oiseau de feu et oiseau de fer, Wifredo Lam

Oiseau de feu et oiseau de fer

Wifredo Lam

Sculpture - 10.6 x 11 x 5.5 inch

Sold

Print, Composition with Figures, Wifredo Lam

Composition with Figures

Wifredo Lam

Print - 15.7 x 11.8 x 0.1 inch

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Print, Untitled (1), Wifredo Lam

Untitled (1)

Wifredo Lam

Print - 32.7 x 25.6 x 0.1 inch

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Who is the artist?

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.

What is Wifredo Lam’s artistic movement?

The artistic movements of the artists are: Famous Illustrators, Inspired by Cave Painting

When was Wifredo Lam born?

The year of birth of the artist is: 1902