Ángel Acosta León (1930–1964) was a Cuban painter. His style owes much to
surrealism
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, and expresses the pain he felt through much of his life. Animal, human and mechanical forms abound in his paintings, along with wheels, a reference to his lifelong fantasy of being a bus driver. His work has been compared to that of
Wols
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Biography
Leon was born on August 2, 1932, in the Buena Vista quarter of
Havana
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Miami
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Florida
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