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Cuban Artists
Wilfredo
Lam
(1902 - 1982)
Cuban Painter Wilfredo Lam was born in
1902 and into a family of mixed descent, including African,
Chinese and Spanish backgrounds. A prominent Cuban painter
of modern art, he was very much involved in the avant-garde
movements not only in the United States but also in Europe.
Having been born in Sagua la Grande, in 1916
he moved to Havana where he soon enrolled at the San Alejandro
Academy. He studied art here for 4 years and then traveled
to Spain to further his studies. Participating in the Spanish
Civil War for the Republicans, he later moved to Paris.
A key moment in Lam’s career as an artist
was the time he met Pablo Picasso. Through this famous Spanish
painter, Lam was introduced to other artists and intellectuals
belonging to the Modernist movement. In 1939 Lam formed part
of the Surrealist movement and began exhibiting his art both
in Europe as well as the U.S. When the Second World War broke
out, Lam left Europe and by 1942 was back in Cuba.
At this stage of his life, Lam began
to explore the African side of his ancestral background, incorporating
it into his work. Themes he used include the Santería
religion, which his godmother used to practice. Lam later
moved back to Paris but traveled back and forth to New York
and also around Latin America.
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