Wifredo
Wifredo is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Wifredo A. Ferrer (born 1966), American attorney *Wifredo Lam Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (; December 8, 1902 – September 11, 1982), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cubans, Afro-Cuban spirit and culture. Inspired by ... (1902–1982), Cuban artist * Wifredo Ricart (1897–1974), Spanish engineer, designer and executive manager See also * Wilfredo {{Given name ...
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Wifredo Lam
Wifredo Óscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla (; December 8, 1902 – September 11, 1982), better known as Wifredo Lam, was a Cuban artist who sought to portray and revive the enduring Afro-Cubans, 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. Early life Wifredo Lam was born and raised in Sagua La Grande, a village in the sugar farming province of Villa Clara Province, Villa Clara, Cuba. He was of mixed-race ancestry: his mother, the former Ana Serafina Castilla, was born to a Kongo people, Congolese former slave mother and a Cuban mu ...
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Wifredo Ricart
Wifredo Pelayo Ricart Medina (15 May 1897 – 19 August 1974) was a Spanish engineer, designer and executive manager in the automotive industry, who spent his professional career in Spain and Italy. The Barcelona "Happy Twenties" Born in Barcelona, Ricart graduated in 1918 as an industrial engineer. His first job was in a Hispano-Suiza dealer, but he soon moved to a new company, Motores Ricart-Perez, that successfully produced industrial engines. At that time, in the wake of Hispano-Suiza's automotive success, Barcelona swarmed with automotive initiatives. In this technically exciting environment, Ricart became increasingly interested in automobile engineering, and in 1922 designed his first car. It featured a 4-cylinder, 16-valve 1.5-liter engine which was advanced for its time. Two of these cars ran in the Barcelona Grand Prix for ''voiturettes'', one winning its second race, a few months later. In 1926, Ricart founded his own company, Motores y Automóviles Ricart, and ...
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Wifredo A
Wifredo is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Wifredo A. Ferrer (born 1966), American attorney *Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), Cuban artist *Wifredo Ricart (1897–1974), Spanish engineer, designer and executive manager See also *Wilfredo Wilfredo is a given name which may refer to: *Wilfredo Alicdan (born 1965), Filipino figurative artist *Wilfredo Alvarado (born 1970), Venezuelan football defender * Wilfredo Bustillo Castellanos (born 1958), Honduran politician * Willy Caballero ( ...