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1902
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Born: la Sagua La Grande, Villa la Clara, Cuba
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1916
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Attended Escuela de Bellas Artes, Havana, Cuba
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1920 - 1923
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Attended the Acadamia San Atejandra, Havana, Cuba
Moved to Madrid, Spain
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1924 - 1928
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Free Academy, Madrid, Spain
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1938
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Moved to Paris, France and became associated with the Surrealists
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1939
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Worked with Picasso, France
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1951
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Received First Prize at the Salone Nacionale in Havana, Cuba
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1953
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Received the Gold Medal for foreign painters in Premlo Lissone, Rome, Italy
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1958
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named member of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in Fine Art, Chicago, IL
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1964
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Awarded the Guggenheim International Award, New York, NY
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1965
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Received the Premio Marzotto in Milan, Italy
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Fire Tongues - Galerie Gmurzynska - St. Moritz, St. Moritz
Do You Know My Age? - Wissen Sie Mein Alter? - Factory-Art - Berlin, Berlin
L'Art en Guerre, France 1938-1947 - De Picasso a Dubuffet - Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - MAM/ARC, Paris
The Supersurrealism - Moderna Museet Malmö, Malmö
20th Century Masters - Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg |
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2011 |
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Aimé Césaire, Lam, Picasso - Nous nous sommes trouvés - Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly? - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA |
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2010 |
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Afro Modern: Journeys through the Black Atlantic - Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Surrealism and the Museum of Dreams - Castellani Art Museum, Lewiston, NY |
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2009 |
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Bilderträume. Die Sammlung Ulla und Heiner Pietzsch - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Picasso, Matisse, Dubuffet, Bacon... - Les modernes s’exposent au musée des Beaux-Arts - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon
Echo: Eight San Francisco Artists Respond to Surrealist Masterworks - Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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2008 |
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Wifredo Lam - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, NL (solo)
Wilfredo Lam - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA (solo)
Wifredo Lam in North America - MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL |
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2007 |
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Wifredo Lam in North America - Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI (solo) |
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2004 |
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Wilfredo Lam - Galerie Boulakia, Paris (solo) |
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1994 - 1995 |
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Wifredo Lam - Drawings: Interlude Marseille - Latin American Masters, Beverly Hills, CA (solo) |
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1992 |
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Wifredo Lam - Gana Art Center , Seoul (solo) |
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1988 |
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Wifredo Lam - K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - am Grabbeplatz, Dusseldorf (solo) |
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1987 |
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Galerie Maeght Lelong, Zurich, Switzerland (solo) |
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1982 |
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Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1979 |
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Artcurial, Paris, France (solo) |
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1972 |
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Galerie Tronche, Paris, France (solo) |
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1971 |
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Galerie Gimpel und Hanover, Zurich, Switzerland (solo) |
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1970 |
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Galleria Arte Borgogna, Milan, Italy (solo)
Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, New York, NY (solo) |
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1969 |
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Galleria Bergarnini, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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1968 |
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Galerie Villand et Galanis, Paris, France (solo) |
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1967 |
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Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo) |
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1966 |
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Kestner-Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (solo)
Musee d'Art Moderne de Ia Ville, Paris, France |
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1965 |
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Museo de Arte Moderna, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Galerie Anderson, Malmo, Sweden (solo) |
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1964 |
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Galleria Notizie, Turin, Italy (solo) |
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1963 |
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Galerie Krugier, Geneva, Switzerland (solo)
Galeria de la flabana, Havana, Cuba (solo) |
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1962 |
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Salone Annunciata, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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1961 |
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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) |
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1959 |
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Galleria Grattacielo, Milan, Italy (solo) |
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1957 |
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Palacio de Bellas Artes, Marcaibo, Venezuela (solo)
Galerie Cahiers d'Art, Paris, France (solo) |
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1955 |
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Galerie Colibri, Malmo, Sweden (solo)
University of Havana, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Museo de Deltas Artes, Caracas, Venezuela (solo) |
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1953 |
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Galerie Maeght, Paris, France (solo) |
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1952 |
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Institute of contemporary Arts, London, UK (solo) |
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1951 |
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Ministry of Education, Havana, Cuba (solo) |
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1950 |
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Lam: Obras Recientes 1950, Parque Central, Havana, Cuba (solo)
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1948 |
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Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1946 |
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The Cuban Painter Wifredo Lam, The London Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Centre d'Art, Port-an-Prince, Haiti (solo) |
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1945 |
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Wifredo Lam, Galerie Pierre, Paris, France (solo) |
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1944 - 1945 |
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Lam Paintings, Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1942 |
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Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, NY (solo) |
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1939 |
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Wifredo Lam Peintures, Galerie Pierre, Paris, France (solo)
Drawings by Picasso and Gouaches by Wifredo Lam, Perls Gallery, New York, NY |
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1928 |
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GalerieVilches, Madrid, Spain (solo) |
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Selected Public Collections |
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Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
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Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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Centro Medeco, Havana, Cuba
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Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Denmark
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Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, France
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Museum Boyrnans-van-Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
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National Galerie, Berlin, Germany
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Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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