jorge camacho

Jorge Camacho (1934–2011) was a Cuban surrealist painter and printmaker, born in Havana on January 5, 1934, and passed away in Paris on March 30, 2011. Initially studying law, he abandoned it in 1952 to fully dedicate himself to painting. Self-taught, he was quickly drawn to surrealism and avant-garde artistic movements.

He moved to Paris in 1959, where he formed a close relationship with sculptor Agustín Cárdenas and met André Breton in 1961, joining the Surrealist group soon after. His work, steeped in occult themes, alchemy, and a rich symbolic bestiary, is marked by a vivid palette and mysterious, poetic imagery.

Camacho exhibited widely across Europe and Latin America, including the Salon de Mai in Havana. He also illustrated works by surrealist poets and translated literary texts into French. His visionary and metaphysical approach to surrealism earned him a lasting place in 20th-century art history.