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This page provides a list of Haitian artists.People on this list were either born in Haiti or possess Haitian citizenship. Due to Haitian nationality laws, dual citizenship is now permitted by the Constitution of Haiti, therefore people of Haitian ancestry born outside of the country are not included in this list, unless they have renounced their foreign citizenship or have resided extensively ...
Haitian art is a type of artwork often characterized by vivid colors, spatial composition and spontaneity of painting. [ 2 ] By the mid 1950s, Haitian naïve art was firmly established, and other institutions began to emerge, such as the Foyer des Arts Plastiques (1950) and the Galerie Brochette (1956).
Benoit's work is characterized by precise draftsmanship, muted colors (compared with most Haitian artists outside the Northern or Cap-Haïtien school), and often — in his narrative paintings — a sense of humor. His surrealist paintings mostly depict voodoo scenes or deities lwas. (Haïti is, the saying goes, "80 percent Catholic and 100 ...
Hector Hyppolite (1894 – 1948) was a Haitian painter. Considered as the "Grand Maître of Haitian Art" [1] Born in Saint-Marc, Hyppolite was a third generation Vodou priest, or oungan. [2] He also made shoes and painted houses before taking up fine art painting, which he did untrained. [2] Hyppolite spent five years outside of Haiti from 1915 ...
Just days after false allegations about Haitian immigrants eating cats in Ohio unexpectedly dominated the headlines in the presidential election, a new exhibit opened at the National Gallery of Art.
Wah was born and raised in the country's capital city of Port-au-Prince.Wah was of mixed ancestry: his mother was Afro-Haitian and his father was a Chinese immigrant. At the age of seven, while attending one of the best parochial schools of the capital, he received his first formal instruction in perspective and anatomy.
While artwork by top Haitian and African artists can be found in various venues in Miami and Miami Beach for this year’s Art Week, there is one place that has them on full display: the city of ...
The replicas will be unveiled at the Little Haiti Cultural Center at 7 p.m. Friday and will feature a celebration of Haitian art and music, including a performances by King Waggy Tee of 99 Jamz ...