He was born in Oaxaca, Mexico in 1899 and died in his native country in 1992. His work addresses issues such as the human figure, animals and the cosmos, and has had several stages that ended with a colorful synthesis of forms.
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Santiago Cárdenas (Bogotá, Colombia, 1937) studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) BFA 1960, United States, and obtained an MFA degree from Yale University in 1964.
Cuban artist. Was born on May 22, 1948 in Aguada de Pasajeros, Las Villas, Cuba. In 1964 he studied at the San Alejandro School of Plastic Arts in Havana, Cuba, and later at the National School of Art in Havana.
(1941-) Artist and printmaker of Cuban origin residing in Miami. From 1963 to 1967, Víctor studied at the prestigious San Alejandro National Academy of Fine Arts, in Havana.
Painter. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1897. He died in the same city in 1969. He studied at the San Alejandro National School of Plastic Arts.
Cuban painter Lam's work reconciled European Vanguardism with the artistic traditions of Latin America and the powerful ‘mystique’ of African and oceanic art, fusing human, animal, and plant beings.
Starting your art collection
When starting a collection one must consider a variety of factors. First however, one must start by asking – why and how will I start to collect art?