Loló Soldevilla

Cuban

(1901–1971)

Lóló Soldevilla was a key figure in the Concrete art movement and geometric abstraction in Cuba. As a cultural attaché to the Cuban embassy in France in the 1950s, she immersed herself in the art of post-war Europe, forging relationships with other proponents of abstraction like Victor Vasarely and Jesús Rafael Soto. Though her paintings and sculptures of delicately arranged geometric shapes were influential among Cuban artists through the 1950s, the rise of Fidel Castro ushered in an era of political repression and, along with abstraction, her art receded from public view.

Loló Soldevilla

Cuban

(1901–1971)

Lóló Soldevilla was a key figure in the Concrete art movement and geometric abstraction in Cuba. As a cultural attaché to the Cuban embassy in France in the 1950s, she immersed herself in the art of post-war Europe, forging relationships with other proponents of abstraction like Victor Vasarely and Jesús Rafael Soto. Though her paintings and sculptures of delicately arranged geometric shapes were influential among Cuban artists through the 1950s, the rise of Fidel Castro ushered in an era of political repression and, along with abstraction, her art receded from public view.

Sin título

1955

Black and white wooden elements on wood panel

51.8 × 60.3 × 6.3 cm; 20 3/8 × 23 3/4 × 2 1/2 in

This untitled abstraction continues Soldevilla’s investigation into the use of the circle and rectangle as compositional elements. Taking Greek and Roman reliefs as its point of departure, her wooden tableaux exemplifies the ideals of Concretism and geometric abstraction. She employs a simplified palette of black and white and divides her composition into two sections via a vertical row of white wooden circles. The work plays with the juxtaposition between positive and negative space, light and dark, and two and three dimensions.

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© 2025 Kanbas. Any images or other visual representations of artworks are © their respective Artist or Estate, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

© 2025 Kanbas. Any images or other visual representations of artworks are © their respective Artist or Estate, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.