Wifredo Lam

Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla, 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. Though he was predominantly a painter, he also worked with sculpture, ceramics and printmaking in his later life.

8 December 1902

Born on the same birth day (8 December): Astorre II Manfredi • Bill Hewitt (sportscaster) • December 8 • Ed Brinkman • Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor • François de La Rochefoucauld (cardinal) • George Rogers (American football) • Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole • Teresa Weatherspoon

Born in the same month (December 1902): Anatoli Lvovich Kaplan • Charan Singh • Emeric Pressburger • Frances Bavier • Herbert Feigl • Hilda Taba • Margaret Hamilton (actress) • Mitsuo Fuchida • Mortimer J. Adler • Panagiotis Kanellopoulos • Prince George, Duke of Kent • Rafael Alberti • Robert F. Bradford • Roy Goodall • Strom Thurmond • Talcott Parsons