LOLO (Lolo Soldevilla). Lot n° 260

"Composition" (1953). Oil on canvas, signed on the lower right corner, dated and countersigned on the back, mounted in a wooden frame. Dim. frame : 67,5 x 34,5 cm ; subject : 66 x 33 cm. Rare and beautiful piece. Lolo Soldevilla (1901-1970), born in Havana, studied music, piano and singing. In 1934, she founded the "Lolo Orchestra", made up of women and taking up a Latin American repertoire. During these years, she refined her ideals and political actions against the Machado government and was imprisoned more than once. In 1948, she became a member of the Cuban House of Representatives. In 1949, she was appointed cultural attaché at the Cuban Embassy in Paris. At the same time, she began to paint under the guidance of her friend Wifredo Lam. She studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière with Leopold Kretz and Ossip Zadkine. She exhibited for the first time in Cuba in 1950, while having shown her work in various collective exhibitions in Europe and the United States. She had a rich life, publishing two novels, designing toys, collaborating in the magazines "Gramma" and "Bohemia", founding the Union of Cuban Journalists, etc.