Villard Denis (Davertige) - Biography and Works for Sale Villard Denis (Davertige) ( Haitian, 1940 - 2004 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Villard Denis, alias Davertige, was a Haitian poet and painter born in Port-au-Prince in 1940. Denis grew up in Haiti but later moved to Paris, France, where he lived for several years. In 1960, he studied in the Haitian School of Surrealists and published his first collection of poetic works, Idem, under the pseudonym of DAVERTIGE. At Fourteen, he began painting with help from Casimir Laurent, Dieudonné Cédor, and Luckner Lazard. In 1956, he became strongly influenced by Max Pinchinat and turned toward European techniques. Denis's paintings have been exhibited in Haiti, Mexico, Spain, France, and Canada. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Beauvoir Paul - Biography and Works for Sale Beauvoir Paul ( Haitian, 1932 - 1972 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Paul Beauvoir was born 1932 in Port-au-Prince. Beauvoir was a member of the Centre d' Art. He later left the Centre d’Art to become a member of the Foyer des Arts Plastiques, which was formed by those artists who were dissatisfied with the way issues facing Haitian artists were addressed. Beauvoir worked very closely with Rene Exume’ and Emanuel Jolicoeur. He died tragically in an automobile accident in 1972. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Yves Jn Baptiste - Biography and Works for Sale Yves Jn Baptiste ( Haitian, ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Magda Magloire - Biography and Works for Sale Magda Magloire ( Haitian, 1957 - 2017 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Magda Magloire was born in Petionville, Haiti on December 13th, 1957. She is the daughter of the painter Louisiane St. Fleurant, a founding member of the Saint Soeil school of painting. She is the sister of painters Ramphis Magloire and the late painter Stivenson Magloire . She began painting late, in the 1990's, with the encouragement of her mother, as well as Tiga and other members of the St. Soleil school Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Louisiana Lubin - Biography and Works for Sale Louisiana Lubin ( Haitian, ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Carlo Jean-Jacques - Biography and Works for Sale Carlo Jean-Jacques ( Haitian, 1943 - 1990 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next He began drawing at an early age. As a child, he completed a correspondence course in art from the Ecole ABC in Paris and in 1963 enrolled in the Atelier d'art of Joseph Jacob, where his instructors were Dieudonne Cedor, David La Fontant and Bernard Wah. Shortly after, one of his paintings was chosen for the Esso Competition. By 1966, Carlo left the group. In 1969, Carlo joined the Galerie Monnin with a small painting to begin an association that would last until the end of his life. Published in Nadal, Marie-Jose and Gerald Bloncourt. 1986. La Peinture Haitienne, Haitian Arts. Paris Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Frantz Zephirin - Biography and Works for Sale Frantz Zephirin ( Haitian, born 1968 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Zephirin, Frantz (December 17, 1968- ) Zephirin was born in Cap Haitien, Haiti on December 17, 1968. . As a toddler he sat and watched his uncle, the Haitian painter Antoine Obin, as he worked. In October 1996, he was awarded the Gold medal in the Third Biennal of Caribbean and Central American Painting, sponsored the The Museum of Modern Art of the Dominican Republic. He was one of five Haitians to be included in the V Biennal in Cuenca, Ecuador in 1996. One of his paintings is featured on the cover of the bestseller The mmaculate Invasion by Bob Shacochis (New York: Viking, 1999). He was included in the Biennale of Venice "Milk of dreams " in 2022. In 2023 he exposed at NSU Art Museum in Fort Lauderdale "cosmic Mirrors" Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Bourmond Byron - Biography and Works for Sale Bourmond Byron ( Haitian, 1920 - 2004 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Bourmond Byron was born in Jacmel on June 23, 1920. He was the son of a general in the Haitian army. He studied at Freres de l' instruction Chretienne. In his twenties, he earned a living as a carpenter and shipbuilder. A visit to the Centre d' Art in 1948 convinced him to become a painter. In Jacmel, he studied under Fernand Jean Louis. In 1955, he joined the Centre d' Art where he worked under other greats in to mature his technique. His works are known for their vivid "blue-green" palettes and mystical portrayals of Haitian life, often depicting landscapes, rural scenes, and elements of daily life. Permanent Collections Musee d'Art Haitien du College Saint Pierre, Port-au-Prince The Milwaukee Museum of Art The Waterloo Museum of Art, Iowa Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Antilhomme Richard - Biography and Works for Sale Antilhomme Richard ( Haitian, 1922 - 2002 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Antilhomme Richard was born in the early 1922 in Trou de Nippes. He later became a mechanic and then worked at painting and construction. When he was around fifty, he met Tiga, the founder of the Saint Soleil art community in the mountains above Port-au-Prince, and became one of the first members of the group. Antilhomme and other members of the San Soleil School of artists, came home from parties and painted the events, not as they they saw them, but how they experienced the event, filtered through the homemade liquors, ecstatic dancing, and songs. Saint Soleil disbanded in 1978. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Gélin Buteau - Biography and Works for Sale Gélin Buteau ( Haitian, 1954 - 2000 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Gelin Bureau was born in May 20, 1954, in the village of Coteau, near Cayes in the south of Haiti. His mother was a farmer and his father a cabinet-maker. Buteau remained in school until the age of 20, when he joined his father in the cabinet-making business. He also worked on a fishing boat. He began to paint at about this time, encouraged by a cousin who was a painter. He also worked as a fisherman and in a factory in Port-au-Prince until it was shut down during the embargo of the early 1990s. This led to his focusing on painting anew, with the encouragement of Galerie Bourbon-Lally, among others. Gelin Buteau passed away in July of 2000. Exhibits: "Error and Eros: Love Sacred and Profane," American Visionary Art Museum (1998) Published in: Artistes en Haiti: Cent Parmi d'Autres (1997) 2000. Haiti, anges & demons. Paris: Le Halle Saint-Pierre Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Celestin Faustin - Biography and Works for Sale Celestin Faustin ( Haitian, 1948 - 1981 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Faustin, Celestin (1948 – 1981) Celestin Faustin was born in La Fond, Haiti, a mountain village above Jacmel, in 1948. He named for his grandmother, Celestina, a practitioner of vodou who was an important influence in his life. Wilmino Domond took Celestin Faustin as an apprentice when he was 19 years old to train him. Faustin learned quickly and established himself independently. He died tragically in 1981 (age 33). Exhibits 2012 Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. Nottingham Contemporary 2022 "Milk of Dreams" Biennale di Venezia -Italy Permanent Collections Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas Published in Farquharson, Alex and Leah Gordon Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. 2012. Nottingham Contemporary. Nottingham, England. Gerald Alexis Peintres Haitiens Editions Cercle d’Art Paris 2000 Marie-Jose Nadal Gerald Bloncourt La peiture Haitienne Haitian Arts Editions : Nathan, Paris 2000 Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Lionel Paul (ONEL) - Biography and Works for Sale Lionel Paul (ONEL) ( Haitian, born 1966 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Born on March 2, 1966 in Soissons la Montagne, belongs to the younger generation of the Saint Soleil movement. At 6 years old, he was introduced to the arts in the small school run by Lucienne Fermathe Simeus, wife of Levoy Exile. This facility was supported by Tiga Art Materials and Maud Robart. In 1973, Onel became an apprentice in the workshop of Exile Levoy, who encouraged him to develop his artistic talents. In 1989, under the leadership of Tiga and having grown up in the sphere of his aunt seamstress, he began moving towards recycling textile art that expanded with the use of sawdust and gluing objects. Onel is one of the few artists who stand out from traditional modes of figurative Movement Saint-Soleil to provide innovative figural forms. He is the initiator of this process which was later adopted by the artists Prospero Eriveaux, Ery Stivenson, and Magloire. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More