Xavier Amiama

Amiama, Xavier (1910-1969) Xavier Amiama was born in Cuba. 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: Nadal, Marie-Jose and Gerald Bloncourt. 1986. La Peinture Haitienne, Haitian Arts. Paris: Editions Nathan Christensen, Eleanor.