wifredo lam
Born in Sagua La Grande, Cuba to a Chinese father and a mother of African and Spanish ancestry. He is known for asserting his heritage through his art by merging Afro-Cuban influences with the aesthetics of Surrealism and the School of Paris. As a young man, he was exposed to Santería, a religion that combines African Yoruba spiritual practices with Catholicism.
Lam left Cuba in 1923 when he received a scholarship to study in Madrid. He participated in the Spanish Civil War on the Republican side before moving to Paris in 1938...