Wifredo Lam
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Wifredo Lam was a Cuban modernist painter best known for his Afro-Cuban–inspired, Surrealist-influenced works that fused European avant-garde styles with Caribbean spiritual and cultural themes.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Wifredo Lam canonical | 8 |
| Wilfredo Lam | 1 |
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cuban artist
ⓘ
human ⓘ modern artist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cuban avant-garde
ⓘ
Surrealism ⓘ
surface form:
Surrealist movement
|
| birthName | Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| collaboratedWith |
André Breton
ⓘ
Pablo Picasso ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Cuba ⓘ |
| creator |
Wifredo Lam
self-linksurface differs
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Wifredo Lam self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-12-08 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1982-09-11 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Escuela Profesional de Pintura y Escultura de La Habana
ⓘ
surface form:
Escuela de Bellas Artes de La Habana
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Afro-Cuban
ⓘ
Chinese ⓘ |
| father | Enrique Lam-Yam ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
painting
ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ |
| genre |
Afro-Cuban art
ⓘ
symbolic painting ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Centre Pompidou
ⓘ
surface form:
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Modern ⓘ
surface form:
Tate Modern, London
|
| influenced | Afro-Cuban modern art ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African art
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Afro-Cuban culture ⓘ Cubism ⓘ European avant-garde ⓘ Pablo Picasso ⓘ Santería ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| livedIn |
Havana, Cuba
ⓘ
Madrid ⓘ
surface form:
Madrid, Spain
Marseille ⓘ
surface form:
Marseille, France
New York City ⓘ
surface form:
New York City, United States
Paris ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| mother | Ana Serafina Castilla ⓘ |
| movement |
Cubism
ⓘ
Modernism ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| name | Wifredo Lam self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
La Jungla
ⓘ
The Jungle ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sagua La Grande, Cuba ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
ⓘ
surface form:
Paris, France
|
| placeOfEducation |
Havana, Cuba
ⓘ
Madrid ⓘ
surface form:
Madrid, Spain
|
| spouse |
Helena Benítez
ⓘ
Lou Laurin-Lam ⓘ |
| theme |
Afro-Cuban religion
ⓘ
Caribbean spirituality ⓘ hybrid human-animal figures ⓘ mythology ⓘ |
| yearOfCreation | 1943 ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Wilfredo Lam
subject surface form:
The Jungle
subject surface form:
La Jungla