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 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Wifredo Lam Context triple: [Pierre Matisse, representedArtist, Wifredo Lam]
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Joan Miró
Joan Miró was a Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist renowned for his pioneering surrealist works characterized by bold colors, biomorphic forms, and a playful, dreamlike abstraction.
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Jorge Oteiza
Jorge Oteiza was a pioneering Spanish Basque sculptor and theorist known for his influential abstract and minimalist works that deeply shaped 20th-century Spanish art.
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Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist painter and printmaker known for his dreamlike, often fantastical imagery that bridged 19th-century Romanticism and early modern art movements.
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David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros was a prominent Mexican painter and muralist, known as one of the leading figures of the Mexican muralism movement alongside Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco.
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Antoni Tàpies
Antoni Tàpies was a Catalan painter, sculptor, and leading figure of European abstract art known for his textured, material-rich works that often explore themes of spirituality and the human condition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Wifredo Lam Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Joan Miró
Joan Miró was a Spanish Catalan painter, sculptor, and ceramicist renowned for his pioneering surrealist works characterized by bold colors, biomorphic forms, and a playful, dreamlike abstraction.
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B.
Jorge Oteiza
Jorge Oteiza was a pioneering Spanish Basque sculptor and theorist known for his influential abstract and minimalist works that deeply shaped 20th-century Spanish art.
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C.
Odilon Redon
Odilon Redon was a French Symbolist painter and printmaker known for his dreamlike, often fantastical imagery that bridged 19th-century Romanticism and early modern art movements.
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D.
David Alfaro Siqueiros
David Alfaro Siqueiros was a prominent Mexican painter and muralist, known as one of the leading figures of the Mexican muralism movement alongside Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco.
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E.
Antoni Tàpies
Antoni Tàpies was a Catalan painter, sculptor, and leading figure of European abstract art known for his textured, material-rich works that often explore themes of spirituality and the human condition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cuban artist
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human ⓘ modern artist ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cuban avant-garde
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Surrealism ⓘ
surface form:
Surrealist movement
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| birthName | Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| collaboratedWith |
André Breton
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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
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surface form:
Escuela de Bellas Artes de La Habana
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin |
Afro-Cuban
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Chinese ⓘ |
| father | Enrique Lam-Yam ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
painting
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printmaking ⓘ |
| genre |
Afro-Cuban art
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symbolic painting ⓘ |
| hasWorkInCollection |
Centre Pompidou
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surface form:
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
surface form:
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Tate Modern ⓘ
surface form:
Tate Modern, London
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| 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
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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
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| mother | Ana Serafina Castilla ⓘ |
| movement |
Cubism
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Modernism ⓘ Surrealism ⓘ |
| name | Wifredo Lam self-link ⓘ |
| notableWork |
La Jungla
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The Jungle ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Sagua La Grande, Cuba ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| placeOfEducation |
Havana, Cuba
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Madrid ⓘ
surface form:
Madrid, Spain
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| spouse |
Helena Benítez
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Lou Laurin-Lam ⓘ |
| theme |
Afro-Cuban religion
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Caribbean spirituality ⓘ hybrid human-animal figures ⓘ mythology ⓘ |
| yearOfCreation | 1943 ⓘ |
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