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Wifredo Lam was born in Sagua La Grande, a small Cuban town, in 1902. He was of mixed ancestry: his father was ethnic Chinese|Chinese and his mother was of Africa|African, Spain|Spanish and Native-Cuban descent. He showed some artistic talent as a young man so, when he went to Havana to study law, he also learning painting at the Academy of San Alejandro. In 1923, he went to Madrid in order to further his artist studies. There he married Eva Piriz in 1929 but both she and their young son died in 1931 of Tuberculosis. He was in Madrid during the Spanish Civil War|Spanish civil war in which he sided with the Republic. In 1937, he went to Paris and became close friends with Pablo Picasso. It was through Picasso that he met many of the leading artists in Paris at the time. With the threat of Germany|German invasion in World War II, he left Paris in 1940 and went to Marseille. There, through Varian Fry he became friends with Andr?? Breton and formed close ties with the Surrealism|Surrealist movement. In 1941, he returned to Cuba and stayed there until 1946. He then lived in various places including Paris, New York and Havana. He married Helena Holzer in 1944. They were divorced in 1950. In 1960, he married Lou Laurin with whom he had three children. His masterpiece is considered to be "La Jungla" ("The Jungle", 1943). He died in Paris in 1982.
Category:1902 births|Lam, Wifredo Category:1982 deaths|Lam, Wifredo Category:Cuban painters|Lam, Wifredo Category:Modern painters|Lam, Wifredo category:Overseas Chinese|Lam, Wifredo es:Wifredo Lam gl:Wifredo Lam sv:Wifredo Lam This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Wifredo Lam".
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