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Saint Jacques Smith - Biography and Works for Sale Saint Jacques Smith ( Haitian, 1926 - 2010 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Saint-Jacques Smith was born in 1926 at Soissons-la-Montagne. He comes from a family of painters - Denis Smith, Antoine Smith, Jocelyne Smith dit Oceli… . In 1973, he started working under the direction of Jean Claude Garoute (Tiga) and Maude Robart. In 1977, Smith was invited to participate in the Festival of Theater in Nancy, by Jacque Lang, the French Minister of Culture. In 1979, he and 12 members of the Saint Soleil movement went to Poland to participate in an international seminar on theater and voudou organized by Maud Robart and Tiga with Jerzy Gratowski. Although partially paralyzed by a heart attack in 2007, Smith continued to paint until his death in 2010. Exhibits 2012 Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. Nottingham Contemporary. Published in Farquharson, Alex and Leah Gordon . Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. 2012. Nottingham Contemporary. Nottingham, England. La Halle Saint Pierre Haiti : anges & demons editions Hoekebe Paris 2000 Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Sisson Blanchard - Biography and Works for Sale Sisson Blanchard ( Haitian, 1926 - 1981 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Sisson Blanchard was born in 1929 in the southern Haitian village of Trouin, a small village in the mountains of southern Haiti. He came to Port-au-Prince as a young man and got a job as a yardboy in the house of Joel and Ethel Kenter (friends of DeWitt Peters), who owned the Hotel Mon Reve on the Champs de Mars. He began painting in 1948, with the encouragement of the American sculptor Jason Seley and DeWitt Peters. Blanchard's paintings were first shown at the Centre d'Art, and have since been exhibited all over the world. His son, Smith Blanchard also became a prominent Haitian painter. Sisson Blanchard died in 1981. Permanent Collections The Davenport Museum of Art The Waterloo Museum of Art, in Iowa. Published in Eleanor Ingalls Christensen in her 1975 book, The Art of Haiti Island on Fire Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Toussaint St Pierre - Biography and Works for Sale Toussaint St Pierre ( Haitian, 1923 - 1985 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Toussaint St Pierre was born in 1923 and lived in Planton-Café, a small hamlet near Kenscoff, the well-to-do district, 1500 meters above Port au Prince. His career as a painter began in the summer of 1968/1972. A summer visitor had left him his amateur painter's kit, and Saint-Pierre Toussaint started using it. He was influenced by Michele Manuel (1935), a female Haitian artist working in the mountains near Kenscoff. He died in 1985 Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Wilson Bigaud - Biography and Works for Sale Wilson Bigaud ( Haitian, 1931 - 2010 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Wilson Bigaud was discovered by Dewitt Peters as early as 1946 who discouraged him from continuing work in clay. At the Art Center, he worked under Maurice Borno. He studied with the legendary Hector Hyppolite, for whom he mixed paints. In 1950, he won the second prize at an international exhibit in Washington, D.C. He completed his “Marriage at Cana,” one of the finest of the famed Episcopal Cathedral of Sainte Trinite murals, in 1951 and later two additional murals, “Heaven” and “Hell.” Bigaud suffered from acute depression most of his life and endured a series of nervous breakdowns between 1957 and 1961. He then retired from the Port-au-Prince art scene, at the age of 30, continuing to paint in Petit-Goâve, a provincial town devastated by the 2010 earthquake, the year of Bigaud's death. With Prefete Duffault, Bigaud is considered a first generation Haitian Master, a member of the artist group founded by Hector Hyppolite. He first worked in clay before becoming a painter. Exhibits 2012 Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. Nottingham Contemporary Published in Danticat, Edwige, and Jonathan Demme. Island on Fire . New York: Kaliko Press, 1995 Farquharson, Alex and Leah Gordon Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. 2012. Nottingham Contemporary. Nottingham, England. Nadal, Marie-Jose and Gerald Bloncourt. 1986. La Peinture Haitienne, Haitian Arts. Paris: Editions Nathan Permanent Collections Museum of Modern Art, New York Musee d'Art Haitien du College Saint Pierre, Port-au-Prince The Milwaukee Museum of Art The Waterloo Museum of Art, Iowa The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

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

Xavier Amiama - Biography and Works for Sale Xavier Amiama ( Dominican, 1910 - 1969 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Xavier Amiama was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He studied art in the Dominican Republic. In 1935/6, he settled in Port-au-Prince, where, with Petion Savain and a few others, he was one of the rare painters in Haiti before the opening of the Centre d'Art. He participated in the 1939 World's Fair with Savain. As one of the original members of the Centre d'Art he exhibited in a number of their group exhibitions. Amiama died in 1969. Published in Christensen, Eleanor. The Art of Haiti. New Jersey: A.S. Barnes, 1975 Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Seymour (S. E.) Bottex - Biography and Works for Sale Seymour (S. E.) Bottex ( Haitian, 1922 - 2016 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Seymour Bottex was born in Port Margot, near Cap-Haitian, on Christmas day, 1920. Bottex began his artistic career in 1955, encouraged by his older brother, artist Jean Baptiste Bottex. In 1961 Bottex joined the Centre d'Art. He painted in the atelier of the Gallerie Issa. Published in Herbert Gold explains in his book, Haiti: Best Nightmare of Earth Nadal, Marie-Jose and Gerald Bloncourt. 1986. La Peinture Haitienne, Haitian Arts. Paris: Editions Nathan Exhibitions 2012 Haitian Art : Old Masters and New Visions, Indigo Art Gallery, Philadelphia 2005 Rencontres et Retrouvailles dans l’art Naïfs : Brazil – Haiti Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Maxan Jean-Louis - Biography and Works for Sale Maxan Jean-Louis ( Haitian, born 1966 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Maxan Jean-Louis has been painting since 1992. He has two different styles of painting. One is political painting and the other one is from the school of Saint Soleil. " I paint political problems since I don’t have a voice to talk about it. So I speak through my paintings where I can express myself freely. Also, painting is what I do for my work—to help me raise my children and to take care of my family and myself." He exhibited at the French Embassy in 2005, then at the French Institute in 2005 and 2008, and another exhibition at Alliance Françoise in Jacmel, Haiti, 2011. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Louisianne Saint-Fleurant - Biography and Works for Sale Louisianne Saint-Fleurant ( Haitian, born 1922 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Louisiane St. Fleurant was born on September 11, 1922, in Petit-Trou-de-Nippes. She was age 50 when she came to Soissons la Montagne to cook for the Saint Soleil group. She was one of the founding members of the celebrated Saint-Soleil community of artists in Soisson-la-Montagne, along with Prospere Pierre-Louis, Dieuseul Paul, Denis Smith, and Levoy Exil. Saint Fleurant was known for her clay sculptures as well as her paintings. She eventually left in 1978, becoming a cook again and painting on the side. She was the mother of Saint-Soleil artists Magda Magloire , Ramphis Magloire and the late Stivenson Magloire . Louisiane St. Fleurant passed away on June 1st, 2005. Exhibits 2012 Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. 2012. Nottingham Contemporary. 2014-2015 Grand Palais de Paris Deux Siecles de Creation Artistique . Paris - France Published in Farquharson, Alex and Leah Gordon Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. 2012. Nottingham Contemporary. Nottingham, England. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Madsen Monpremier - Biography and Works for Sale Madsen Monpremier ( Haitian, born 1952 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Madsen Mompremier was born in Gonaives, Haiti on August 12, 1952. He was married to Erzulien, a community worker who later became an artist. In 1972, Madsen Mompremier came to Port-au-Prince, where he worked as a tailor. In 1973 he started to paint as a student of Gerard Valcin. Originally, Mompremier painted delightful scenes of everyday Haitian life, peasants in their villages and cane fields. Around 1975 he found a style which he has now been refining for more than thirty years; painting Voudou Gods with great majesty and precision. Since 1979, he has exhibited his work in Italy, France and the United States. In 1982 he had two shows at the Haitian Art Co. - one of his own work and one featuring a sculpture collaboration with Nacius Joseph. Mompremier lives in Florida. Exhibits 2012 Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. Nottingham Contemporary Permanent Collections Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas Published in Farquharson, Alex and Leah Gordon Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. 2012. Nottingham Contemporary. Nottingham, England. Nadal, Marie-Jose and Gerald Bloncourt. 1986. La Peinture Haitienne, Haitian Arts. Paris: Editions Nathan 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

Mathieu St Juste - Biography and Works for Sale Mathieu St Juste ( Haitian, born 1946 ) Discover More: Explore Our Curated Showcase or Browse Our Full Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Mathieu St Juste is born in 1946 . He belongs to the Saint Soleil School. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More