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Wifredo Lam was born in Sagua la Grande , a small Cuban town, in 1902. He was of mixed ancestry: his father was Chinese and his mother was of African, Spanish and Native-Cuban descent.
He showed some artistic talent as a young man so, when he went to Havana to study law, he also learning painting at the Academy of San Alejandro. In 1923, he went to Madrid in order to further his artist studies. There he married Eva Piriz in 1929Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 See also 1929 in aviation 1929 in film 1929 in literature 1929 in mu but both she and their young son died in
19311931 is the common year starting on Thursday. see link for calendar) Events January January 4 Female aviator Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa January 6 Thomas Edison submits his last patent application. January 22 Sir Isaac Isaacs sworn in as the of TuberculosisTuberculosis is also called TB consumption (TB seemed to consume people from within with its symptoms of bloody cough, fever, pallor, and long relentless wasting), wasting disease White Plague (TB sufferers appeared markedly pale), phthisis (Greek for con. He was in Madrid during the Spanish civil warTeruel, east of Madrid. For an article about the 1820-1823 civil war in Spain, see: Spanish Civil War, 1820-1823 The Spanish Civil War ( 1936 1939) was the result of complex political differences between the Republicans — supporters of the government of t in which he sided with the Republic.In 1937Events January January 1 Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours,, he went to ParisEiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. Paris is the capital and largest city of France. The city is built on an arc of the River Seine, and is thus divided into two parts: the Right Bank to the north and the smaller Left Bank to and became close friends with
Pablo PicassoPablo Picasso formally Pablo Ruiz Picasso ( October 25, 1881 April 8, 1973) was one of the recognized masters of 20th century art. Overview His name in full was Pablo (or Pablito) Diego Jose Santiago Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Crispin Crispiniano. It was through Picasso that he met many of the leading artists in Paris at the time. With the threat of GermanThe Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland is one of the world's leading industrialized countries, located in the middle of the European Union. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark and the Baltic Sea, to the east invasion in World War II, he left Paris in 1940 and went to Marseille. There, through Varian Fry he became friends with André Breton and formed close ties with the Surrealist movement.In 1941, he returned to Cuba and stayed there until 1946. He then lived in various places including Paris, New York and Havana. He married Helena Holzer in 1944. They were divorced in 1950. In 1960, he married Lou Laurin with whom he had three children.
His masterpiece is considered to be " La Jungla " ("The Jungle", 1943).
He died in Paris in 1982.