Auguste Cárdenas Alfonso
b. 10 April 1927, Matanzas (C), d. 9 February 2001, Havana (C); Cuban sculptor, active in the Paris surrealist movement
His sculptures were influenced by Brâncuși, Henry Moore and Jean Arp
| 1943-1949 | Studied under Juan José Sicre and at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" in Havana, Cuba |
| 1951-1955 | Member of the Asociación de Grabadores de Cuba (AGC) |
| 1953-1955 | Member of the creative group "Los Once" |
| 1952 | His work Pintura Ávila Escultura Cárdenas was exhibited several times in the Palacio de los Trabajadores in Havana |
| 1955 | The exhibition "Agustín Cárdenas: 20 Esculturas" in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes De La Habana showed a selection of his works |
| Took up residence in Paris | |
| 1957 | Joined the surrealist movement |
| 1987 | His work was shown in the Corea Gallery, Seoul, South Korea9 |
| 1993 | His work Agustín Cárdenas was shown in the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes De La Habana |
| 2002 | Presentation of his work at the Haim Chanin Fine Arts Gallery in New York City |
Many permanent collections all over the world contain examples of his work, including the Centre National des Arts du Cirque, the Fonds National d'Art Contemporain and the Musée De La Sculpture En Plein Air in Paris; the Musée d 'Art et d'Industrie near Saint-Étienne, France; the Hakone Open Air Museum, Hakone, Japan; the Musée d'Art Contemporain, Argel, Algeria; the Museo de Bellas Artes in Caracas, Venezuela; and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes De La Habana in Havana, Cuba.