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Wifredo Lam

1902 - 1982

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Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (Chinese: 林飛龍; Jyutping: lam4 fei1lung4; December 8, 1902 – September 11, 1982), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. Inspired by and in contact with some of the most renowned artists of the 20th century, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, Lam melded his influences and created a unique style, which was ultimately characterized by the prominence of hybrid figures. This distinctive visual style of his also influences many artists. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wifredo Lam has received more than 411,506 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Wifredo Lam is the 705th most popular painter (up from 714th in 2019), the 36th most popular biography from Cuba and the most popular Cuban Painter.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.53

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Wifredo Lam ranks 705 out of 1,421. Before him are Louis-Léopold Boilly, Dong Qichang, Hercules Seghers, Émile Friant, Roberto Matta, and Aert de Gelder. After him are Benvenuto Tisi, Eugene de Blaas, Liang Kai, Maurycy Gottlieb, Abraham van Beijeren, and Allan Kaprow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Wifredo Lam ranks 92. Before him are Bruno Streckenbach, Toyen, Léon M'ba, Cesare Zavattini, Gertrud Scholtz-Klink, and Jayaprakash Narayan. After him are Hans von Dohnanyi, George Gaylord Simpson, Charan Singh, Albert Forster, Thelma Ritter, and Shigeyoshi Suzuki. Among people deceased in 1982, Wifredo Lam ranks 84. Before him are Werner Naumann, Ville Ritola, Shiro Teshima, Otto Hofmann, Gara Garayev, and Kristján Eldjárn. After him are Jean Girault, Marcel Camus, Randy Rhoads, Isa Miranda, Djuna Barnes, and Georg Konrad Morgen.

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In Cuba

Among people born in Cuba, Wifredo Lam ranks 36 out of 248. Before him are Gerardo Machado (1871), Alberto Juantorena (1950), Huber Matos (1918), Tomás Estrada Palma (1835), Ramón Grau (1881), and Rubén González (1919). After him are Chucho Valdés (1941), Carlos Manuel de Céspedes (1819), Leo Brouwer (1939), Nicolás Guillén (1902), Carlos Puebla (1917), and Bebo Valdés (1918).

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Among PAINTERS In Cuba

Among painters born in Cuba, Wifredo Lam ranks 1. After him are Carmen Herrera (1915) and Ana Mendieta (1948).

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