Andre Pierre (1914- 2005)

André Pierre was born in around 29 July 1914 Port-au-Prince. In 1930, he moved to Croix-des-Missions, on the outskirts of the capital, with an uncle which was a farmer and an active vodou practitioner. Here in about 1947 he was introduced to American writer film-maker Maya Deren, who had admired his temple wall paintings. She introduced Pierre to the Centre d' Art. Permanent collections: Davenport Museum in Iowa Milwaukee Museum of Art Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut, and Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey.