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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).
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Benoit was an early member of the Haitian art movement known as Naive Art, so-called because of its members' limited formal training.The movement was first recognized and promoted by the Centre d'Art, founded in 1944 by the American Quaker and World War II conscientious objector Dewitt Peters.
He typically painted scenes of rural Haitian life and vodou ceremonies. Gourgue, who had no formal training, often combined flowers, mountains, skeletal trees, peasants and their huts and vodou symbolism, in a personal style that managed to combine surrealism and naive art. "He is beyond dispute the leading figure in modern Haitian painting." [2]
This is a list of notable Haitian people. It includes people who were born in Haiti or possess Haitian citizenship, who are notable in Haiti and abroad. 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 ...
Haitian artists (12 C, 43 P) M. Art museums and galleries in Haiti (2 P) O. Outdoor sculptures in Haiti (1 P) P. Haitian paintings (2 P) Photography in Haiti (1 C, 2 ...
Turnier was born in Jacmel, Haiti, in 1924. [5] After a hurricane devastated southern Haiti in 1937, Turnier's family relocated to Port-au-Prince. [2] [6]She began painting in 1944 when, at the age of 21, she enrolled at Le Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince and became one of the art school/gallery's founding members.