Wifredo Lam Essay

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Carmen Lozano Wifredo lam Wifredo Oscar de la Concepcion Lam y Castilla was born in December 8, 1902 in Sagua la Grande, province of villa Clara, Cuba. His father was a Chinese immigrant and his mother a African descent. Wilfredo Lam was a afro-Cuban artist, his work is describe as unique style and characterized of hybrid figures, his artistic influences represent the African roots and Santeria. In 1916 Lam moved with part of his family to Habana, where his mother wanted him to studied law where he refuse to, instead he started to study tropical plants and botanical gardens. From 1918 to 1923 Lam studied painting at the “la academia de san Alejandro “ where he received classes from Sulroca and meet Leopoldo Romañach and Victor Manuel. His progress let him expose his work at the association of painters and sculptors of Havana. In 1923 he left to Madrid, Spain, where he began to studing arts under Fernando Alvarez de Sotomayor y Zaragoza, at this point he is passionate by Spanish classical painting. In 1929 he married Eva Piriz, where he got a son, not late in 1931 his wife and son died of tuberculosis. In 1937 Lam meet Helena Holzer and sculptor Manolo Hugue who give Lam a letter for Pablo Picasso. In 1938 Lam moved to Paris where Picasso introduces Lam to other artist’s friends of Picasso: Michel Leiris, Paul Eduard, Tristan Tzana, Fernand Liegerd, Georges Braque, Joan Miro, Christhian Zervos, and Henri Matisse. In 1939 Lam has his first personal exposition in the gallery of Pierre Loeb. In the same year Lam and Picasso exhibited they work together in New York at the Perls gallery. Lam met Andre Breton and Benjamin Peret and begin his surrealist movement. In 1940 Lam moved from Paris to Marbella where he reunited with surrealist artist: Pierre Mabille, Marc Chagall, Oscar Dominguez, Rene Char, Max Ernest, Victor Brauner and more. Lam also illustrated the

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