Gélin Buteau
( Haitian, 1954 - 2000 )
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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