Wifredo Lam was an Afro-Cuban artist best known for his unique Surrealist aesthetic that combined European artistic movements with the imagery of his native country.
“I responded always to the presence of factors that emanated from our history and our geography, tropical flowers, and black culture,” Lam once said.
In one of his most famous paintings, The Jungle (1943), these various influences are melded together, onto a single large-scale canvas. Born Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla on December 8, 1902 in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, the painter moved to Madrid, Spain in 1923 to study with Fernando Álvarez de Sotomayor, who had been the teacher of famed Surrealist Salvador Dalí.
Lam moved to Paris after seeing an exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s work in Spain. Having arrived in the French capital, he introduced himself to Picasso who subsequently showed Lam his collection of African and Oceanic artworks. The two artists' interaction figured heavily in Lam’s work throughout the remainder of his career. He died on September 11, 1982 in Paris, France at the age of 79.
Today, the artist’s works are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., among others.
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Wifredo Lam Cuban Artist Original Watercolor, 1961
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This original watercolor on paper by Cuban artist Wifredo Lam is in excellent condition and measures 12"h x 10"w. It is signed lower right and dated 1961. It bears a simple gold fr...
Paint
$7,800
H 45 in W 45 in D 1.5 in
Abstract Landscape Mixed Media Canvas Painting 45x45" The clarity of a shore
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$8,500
H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Abstract Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Turbulent Dream
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$7,800
H 45 in W 45 in D 1.5 in
Green Abstract Painting Mixed Media on Canvas 45x45" Freedom of Expression 6
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$8,500
H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Abstract Aqua Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Formless and Wordless
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$8,500
H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Abstract Flow Colorful Painting Mixed Media 40x60" Another Self
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$8,500
H 60 in W 40 in D 1.5 in
Abstract Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Colors on the blue side 2
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$7,800
H 45 in W 45 in D 1.5 in
The Blue Sea Wave, Coastal Contemporary Painting Mixed Media Canvas 45x45"
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$8,200
H 38 in W 56 in D 1.5 in
Contemporary Flow Painting Mixed Media Canvas 38x56" The world before me
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$14,500
H 42 in W 68 in D 1 in
Abstract Flow Red Blue Acrylic Painting 42 H X 68"W, Balance of Independence
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract Red Blue Original Acrylic Painting 42 H X 68"W, Balance of Independence SPECIFICATIONS: - Artist-grade canvas. - 1" deep wooden support bars - Gallery Stretching & Wrap Expr...
Acrylic
$14,500
H 42 in W 68 in D 1 in
Abstract Blue Brown Original Acrylic Painting 42 H X 68"W, Expression of Balance
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Abstract Blue Brown Original Acrylic Painting 42 H X 68"W, Expression of Balance SPECIFICATIONS: - Artist-grade canvas. - 1" deep wooden support bars - Gallery Stretching & Wrap Exp...
Acrylic
$8,500
H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Abstract Flow Pink Purple Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" The birth
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
$8,500
H 40 in W 60 in D 1.5 in
Abstract Painting Mixed Media Canvas 40x60" Secret from the Common
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
One of a kind Mixed Medium on Canvas Artwork: Original abstract mixed media work on canvas, which combines new media - digital original hand painting, printed on canvas, then hand p...
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Mixed Media
Untitled
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Miami, FL
Wifredo Lam "Untitled", 1974 Charcoal and pastel on paper 20 x 16 in Signed and dedicated by the artist. Provenance: Private Collection (Pablo Gasparini, gift from the artist). Chr...
Charcoal, Pastel, Laid Paper
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H 10.52 in W 5.01 in D 7.01 in
Wifredo Lam - L’Oiseau de feu - nickel brass sculpture limited edition of 500
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Varese, IT
Wifredo Lam ( 1902 – 1982 ) nickel plated brass sculpture limited edition of 500 copies inscribed signature, numbered: 491/500 B sculpture size: 10 1/2 x 5 x 7 in. (26.7 x 12.7 x 17...
Metal, Brass