{"product_id":"wifredo-lam-9780500030608","title":"Wifredo Lam","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis beautifully illustrated book, the first monograph on Wifredo Lam since 1989, provides a comprehensive retrospective of the iconic Cuban artist's life and work. With the quasquicentennial of his birth approaching, recent research and cataloging have deepened our understanding of Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) and his multifaceted contributions to 20th century art and politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing a long journey that began in Spain, where Lam studied the great European painters--Bosch, Du]rer, Velázquez and Goya--this book traces defining moments in his artistic evolution. Encounters with Picasso and Breton in Paris shaped his distinctive style, which existed at the heart of modernity, distinguished also by the influences of surrealism, Matisse, and African art. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1902 to a Chinese father and an African mother, Lam's work draws from both European and Afro-Caribbean visual culture in a unique synthesis of his multicultural heritage and formulative studies. Forced to flee Paris in 1940 by the Nazi occupation, Lam took refuge in Marseilles before returning to Cuba, where his visual language evolved into a powerful tool for confronting the social and political injustices of the newly globalized world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough thoughtful interpretation of Lam's body of work, author Jacques Leenhardt sheds light on the originality of his language, both symbolic and pictorial, and the evolution of visual art in the 20th century. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacques Leenhardt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Thames \u0026amp; Hudson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 4.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 12.50h x 9.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780500030608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLeenhardt, Jacques:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eJacques Leenhardt\u003c\/strong\u003e is an art critic, curator, and author of numerous essays on modern and contemporary artists. He is director of social sciences at the École des Hautes Études (Paris), honorary chairman of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA), and founding member of the Archives de la Critique d'Art (GIS, Rennes). The Les Amis de Wifredo Lam association, which he has chaired since 1989, published a catalogue raisonné of Wifredo Lam's paintings and engravings which guided his own monograph on the artist. A fellow member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, he has also been a visiting professor to various universities in the United States, Germany, and Brazil.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Jacques Leenhardt \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47566725578909,"sku":"9780500030608","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_cbe899d4-2cb7-4fc8-b6cf-6566cf39c10e.jpg?v=1768315762","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/wifredo-lam-9780500030608","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}