S. E. Bottex (1920 - 2016)

Seymour Bottex was born in Port Margot, near Cap-Haitian, on Christmas day, 1920. Bottex worked as photograph until 1955 when he began his artistic career 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 Alexis Gerald Peintres Haitiens Paris 2000 Editions Cercle d’Art