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Wifredo Lam
PainterKnown for:
The Jungle (1943); synthesis of Cubism and Afro-Caribbean culture
Education:
Academia de San Alejandro, Havana; studied in Madrid under Fernando Alvarez de Sotomayor
Wifredo Lam was born in Cuba of Chinese and Afro-Cuban descent and studied in Madrid before moving to Paris, where he formed close friendships with Picasso and André Breton. His painting The Jungle (1943) - a dense, humid forest of sugarcane stalks and Afro-Cuban religious figures - synthesized Cubism, Surrealism, and Afro-Caribbean visual tradition in a way that had no precedent in European modernism. He is considered the most significant Cuban artist of the twentieth century.
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Diluted oil to watercolor-thin consistency; prepared canvases with white or yellow casein ground; sketched underdrawings in charcoal
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Oil paint — pigment suspended in a drying oil, typically linseed — has been the dominant painting medium since the fifteenth century. It dries slowly, allowing extended blending, and produces a rich, luminous surface. Available from dozens of manufacturers at student through professional grades.
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Last updated March 20, 2026
