Lam's, La Jungla (The Jungle), Gouache on paper, mounted on canvas, 1943.

Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (林飛龍, pinyin: Lín Fēilóng) (December 2, 1902, Sagua La Grande, Villa Clara Province—September 11, 1982, Paris), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist. He was predominantly a painter but he also worked with sculpture and ceramics. Image File history File links TheJungle_1943. ... Image File history File links TheJungle_1943. ... Pinyin is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard Mandarin, where pin means spell and yin means sound. The most common variant of pinyin in use is called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n), also known as scheme... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Sagua La Grande, also known as Villa del Undoso, is a city located on the north coast of the province of Villa Clara in central Cuba. ... Villa Clara is one of the provinces of Cuba. ... September 11 is the 254th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (255th in leap years). ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... why hello hello Sculptor redirects here. ... Ceramics is the art form that uses ceramic materials to produce works of art. ...

Biography

He was of mixed ancestry: his father was Chinese and his mother was of African, Spanish and local Creole descent. He showed some artistic talent as a young man so, when he went to Havana to study law, he also studied painting at the Academy of San Alejandro. This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... The term Creole and its relatives in other languages — such as crioulo, criollo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kriulo, kriol, krio, etc. ... Havana (Spanish in full: Ciudad de La Habana, formerly named San Cristóbal de La Habana; UN/LOCODE: CU HAV) is the capital of Cuba. ...

In 1923, he went to Madrid in order to further his art 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, during which he sided with the Republic. 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location Coordinates : 40° 23’N , 3°43′0″W Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Villa de Madrid (Spanish) Spanish name Villa de Madrid Founded 9th century Postal code 28001-28080 Area code 34 (Spain) + 91 (Villa de Madrid) Website http://www. ... Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for Tubercle Bacillus) is a common and deadly infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which most commonly affects the lungs (pulmonary TB) but can also affect the central nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, genitourinary system, bones and joints. ... Combatants Spanish Republic CNT-FAI UGT POUM Soviet Union International Brigades Spanish State Falangists Carlists Fascist Italy Nazi Germany Commanders Manuel Azaña Francisco Largo Caballero Juan Negrín Francisco Franco Casualties Civilians killed/wounded = hundreds of thousands The Spanish Civil War, which lasted from July 17, 1936 to April... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

In 1937, Lam 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 German invasion in World War II, he left Paris in 1940 and went to Marseille. There, through Varian Fry, he became friends with André Breton and formed close ties with the Surrealist movement. 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région ÃŽle-de-France Département Paris (75) Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Mayor Bertrand Delanoë  (PS) (since 2001) City Statistics Land... Young Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ... Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... City flag Coat of arms Motto: By her great deeds, Marseille shines in the world Location Coordinates Time Zone CET (GMT +1) Administration Country France Région Provence-Alpes-Côte dAzur Département Bouches-du-Rhône (13) Subdivisions 16 arrondissements (in 8 secteurs) Intercommunality Urban Community of... Varian Mackey Fry (October 15, 1907–September 13, 1967) was a New York-born American journalist who ran a rescue network in Vichy France that helped approximately 2,000 anti-Nazi and Jewish refugees to escape the Nazis. ... André Breton (February 18, 1896 – September 28, 1966) was a French writer, poet, and surrealist theorist. ... Psalm 69, egg tempera and oil on wood by Ernst Fuchs Surrealism[1] is a movement stating that the liberation of our mind, and subsequently the liberation of the individual self and society, can be achieved by exercising the imaginative faculties of the unconscious mind to the attainment of a...

Lam's, Symbiosis, Gouache on paper, mounted on canvas, 1943. Jorge Reyes Estate.

In 1941, he returned to Cuba and stayed there until 1946. He married Helena Holzer in 1944. He then lived in various places including Paris, New York and Havana. They were divorced in 1950. In 1960, he married Lou Laurin with whom he had three children. Image File history File links The_Enigma2. ... Image File history File links The_Enigma2. ... This article is about the year. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area  Ranked 27th  - Total 54,520 sq mi (141,205 km²)  - Width 285 miles (455 km)  - Length 330 miles (530 km)  - % water 13. ...

His masterpiece is considered to be La Jungla ("The Jungle", 1943). 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ...

See also

• Cuban Art

Cuban Art is a diverse cultural blend of African, European and North American visual design reflecting the diverse demographic of the island. ...

References

• "Wifredo Lam", Max-Pol Fouchet, 2nd Edition, 1989, Ediciones Poligrafa, S.A.. ISBN 84-343-0582-8

External links

• [1] - Lam's biography at the Guggenheim website