Quote and value 2024 of paintings, drawings and sculptures by Wifredo Lam

If you own a work by or based on the work of artist Wifredo Lam and would like to know its value, our state-approved experts and auctioneers can advise you. Our specialists will carry out a free appraisal of your work, and provide you with a precise estimate of its value on the current market. Then, if you wish to sell your work of art, we will guide you towards the best possible means of obtaining the best possible price.

Artist's rating and value

Surrealist painter Wifredo Lam has established himself as a major figure on the art market. His works are highly prized by collectors. Works can be found in a wide range of media, selling for between €10 and €7,300,480 - a relatively wide range, but one that says a lot about the price these works can fetch. For example, a work by Wifredo Lam can fetch millions of euros at auction, as demonstrated by his oil on canvas Omi obini, dating from 1943, which sold for €7,300,480 in 2020.  

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Style and technique of the artist Wifredo Lam  

Wifredo Lam was a Cuban surrealist artist who produced drawings, prints, paintings and sculptures.

His output is substantial. His works are characterized by vivid colors, fine lines and fairly complex compositions.

Wifredo Lam's career  

Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) was a Surrealist artist born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba.

His interest in drawing began in elementary school, and he studied the Italian Renaissance painters, as well as Goya and Matisse, who had a strong influence on him. After studying law, he chose to study portraiture techniques in order to devote himself to a career as an artist.

Bound by his country's history to Spain, he moved there in 1924, to Madrid, where he studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in San Fernando. He subsequently attended other non-conformist educational establishments in the same city. He then moved to Paris, where he met all the great artists of his time, including Picasso, Léger, Miro and Tzara.

In June 1940, he returned to Cuba thanks to the committee headed by Varian Fry. During his journey, he befriended the poet Aimé Césaire. Like many Surrealists of his time, poetry was to have a major influence on his artistic production.

In 1945, Lam began traveling again, immersing himself in the work of many French and European artists, such as Alexander Calder.

At the end of his life, he worked extensively in Italy and died in Paris in 1982, aged 79.

The legacy of Wifredo Lam  

Wifredo Lam's work is characterized by perpetual experimentation with surrealism. Today, he is not well known to the general public, but appreciated and sought after by collectors.

Although some of his paintings and drawings are held in museums in France and around the world, private collectors play a major role in preserving his work.  

His signature

Not all Wifredo Lam's works are signed.

If you think you own one, it's best to have it appraised to be sure of its originality.

Appraising your property

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