|
|
Wifredo Lam Biography
|
 |
 |
|
1902 |
|
Born: in la Sagua La Grande, Villa la Clara, Cuba
|
|
1916 |
|
Attended Escuela de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
|
|
1920 - 1923 |
|
Attended the Acadamia San Atejandra, Havana, Cuba
Moved to Madrid, Spain
|
|
1924 - 1928 |
|
Free Academy, Madrid, Spain
|
|
1938 |
|
Moved to Paris, France and became associated with the Surrealists
|
|
1951 |
|
Received First Prize at the Salone Nacionale in Havana, Cuba
|
|
1953 |
|
Received the Gold Medal for foreign painters in Premlo Lissone, Rome, Italy
|
|
1958 |
|
named member of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in Fine Art, Chicago, IL
|
|
1964 |
|
Awarded the Guggenheim International Award, New York, NY
|
|
1965 |
|
Received the Premio Marzotto in Milan, Italy
|
|
1982 |
|
Died: in Paris, France
|
|
|
| Selected Exhibitions |
|
|
|
1987
|
|
Galerie Maeght Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
|
|
1982
|
|
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
|
|
1979
|
|
Artcurial, Paris, France (solo)
|
|
1972
|
|
Galerie Tronche, Paris, France (solo)
|
|
1971
|
|
Galerie Gimpel und Hanover, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
|
|
1970
|
|
Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan, Italy (solo)
Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, New York, NY (solo)
|
|
1969
|
|
Galleria Bergarnini, Milan, Italy (solo)
|
|
1968
|
|
Galerie Villand et Galanis, Paris, France (solo)
|
|
1967
|
|
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
|
|
1966
|
|
Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (solo)
Musee d'Art Moderne de Ia Ville, Paris, France
|
|
1965
|
|
Museo de Arte Moderna, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Galerie Anderson, Malmo, Sweden (solo)
|
|
1964
|
|
Galleria Notizie, Turin, Italy (solo)
|
|
1963
|
|
Galerie Krugier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Galeria de la flabana, Havana, Cuba (solo)
|
|
1962
|
|
Salone Annunciata, Milan, Italy (solo)
|
|
1961
|
|
Galerie La Cour d'Ingres, Paris, France (solo)
Galleria del Canale, Venice, Italy (solo)
Galleria del Obelisco, Rome, Italy (solo)
Albert Loeb Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
|
|
1959
|
|
Galleria Grattacielo, Milan, Italy (solo)
|
|
1957
|
|
Palacio de Bellas Artes, Marcaibo, Venezuela (solo)
Galerie Cahiers d'Art, Paris, France (solo)
|
|
1955
|
|
Galerie Colibri, Malmo, Sweden (solo)
University of Havana, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Museo de Deltas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela (solo)
|
|
1953
|
|
Galerie Maeght, Paris, France (solo)
|
|
1952
|
|
Institute of contemporary Arts, London, UK (solo)
|
|
1951
|
|
Ministry of Education, Havana, Cuba (solo)
|
|
1950
|
|
Lam: Obras Recientes 1950, Parque Central, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
|
|
1948
|
|
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
|
|
1946
|
|
The Cuban Painter Wifredo Lam, The London Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Centre d'Art, Port-an-Prince, Haiti (solo)
|
|
1945
|
|
Wifredo Lam, Galerie Pierre, Paris, France (solo)
|
|
1944 - 1945
|
|
Lam Paintings, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
|
|
1942
|
|
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
|
|
1939
|
|
Wifredo Lam Peintures, Galerie Pierre, Paris, France (solo)
Drawings by Picasso and Gouaches by Wifredo Lam, Perls Gallery, New York, NY
|
|
1928
|
|
GalerieVilches, Madrid, Spain (solo)
|
|
|
|
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
|
|
|
|
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Centro Medeco, Havana, Cuba
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Denmark
Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, France
Museum Boyrnans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
National galerie, Berlin, Germany
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Tate Gallery, London, UK
|
|
|
|
|
| Links to further information |
|
|
|
|
|