Vifredo Oscar de la Concepcion Lam y Castilla ( Spanish: Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla , Chinese 林飛龍 ; December 8, 1902 , Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara province - September 11, 1982 , Paris ) - Cuban painter.
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| Birth name | Vifredo Oscar de la Concepcion Lam y Castilla |
| Date of Birth | December 8, 1902 |
| Place of Birth | Sagua la Grande ( Villa Clara Province , Cuba ) |
| Date of death | September 11, 1982 (aged 79) |
| Place of death | Paris ( France ) |
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| Genre | painter |
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| Style | surrealism |
| Awards | Guggenheim International Award |
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Biography
Father is a Chinese merchant who emigrated to Cuba, his mother is a mulatto with an admixture of Indian blood (daughter of a slave from Congo). In 1916 the family moved to Havana . In 1918 - 1923, Lam studied at the School of Fine Arts in Havana, then moved to Spain. He was influenced by surrealism , combining it with Afro-Cuban ( santeria ) mythological motifs and visual traditions. In 1932, a great tragedy happened in the life of the artist - the death of his wife and child. This event was reflected in his work, giving him alarming and gloomy features. He took part in the Civil War in Spain on the side of the Republicans. In 1938 he came to Paris, where he met with Picasso and his friends ( Matisse , Leger , Miro , Braque , Eluard ), in the same year he visited Mexico , where he became friends with Frida Calo and Diego Rivera . In 1939, his first solo exhibition was held in the Paris gallery of Pierre Leib . In 1940 he moved to Marseille, where he took part in the creation of the “Marseille game”. In the same year, Lam, at the suggestion of Andre Breton, illustrated his book Fata Morgana (published in Marseille , reprinted in Buenos Aires ), later illustrated the books of Rene Chard and others. In the 1940s, he received recognition both in his homeland and worldwide. In 1942 he moved to Cuba, where he lived for 10 years, then returned to France. He was in opposition to the Batista regime , in 1955 he exhibited at the University of Havana in solidarity with protesting students. He supported the new socialist government by writing The Third World for the presidential palace.
Recognition and Rewards
In 1964, Lam received the Guggenheim International Award, in 1966 - 1967 his representative retrospective exhibitions were held in Basel , Hanover , Amsterdam , Stockholm , Paris. A documentary film by Cuban film director Umberto Solas ( 1979 ) was shot about Lama.
About the artist
- Fouchet MP Wifredo Lam. - P .: Editions Cercle d'art, 1976.
- Balderrama MR Wifredo Lam and his Contemporaries, 1938-1952. - N. Y .: Studio Museum in Harlem, 1992.
- Wifredo Lam: Monograph and Catalog Raisonné, Vol. I 1923-1960. - Lausanne: Acatos, 1998; Vol. II 1961-1982. - Lausanne: Acatos, 2004.
- Benitez H. Wifredo and Helena: My Life With Wifredo Lam, 1939-1950. - Lausanne: Acatos, 1999.
- Lowery Stokes S. Wifredo Lam and the International Avant-garde, 1923-1982. - Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002.
- Noceda JM Wifredo Lam: la cosecha de un brujo. - La Habana: Letras Cubanas, 2002.
- Sánchez J. Wifredo Lam: el gran perturbador. - La Habana: Ediciones Extramuros, 2002.
- Nunez Jimenez A. Vifredo Lam. - M .: Rainbow, 1985.
Notes
Links
- Official site (French) , (Spanish) , (English)
- (English, painting on line)
- Works in museums around the world (English)
- (eng.)
- On the site Painting of the Cuban avant-garde (Spanish) , (English)