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Antilhomme Richard - Biography and Works for Sale Antilhomme Richard ( Haitian, 1922 - 2002 ) View works on Artnet and our Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Antilhomme Richard was born in the early 1922 in Trou de Nippes. He later became a mechanic and then worked at painting and construction. When he was around fifty, he met Tiga, the founder of the Saint Soleil art community in the mountains above Port-au-Prince, and became one of the first members of the group. Antilhomme and other members of the San Soleil School of artists, came home from parties and painted the events, not as they they saw them, but how they experienced the event, filtered through the homemade liquors, ecstatic dancing, and songs. Saint Soleil disbanded in 1978. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Jacques Enguerrand Gourgue - Biography and Works for Sale Jacques Enguerrand Gourgue ( Haitian, 1930 - 1996 ) View works on Artnet and our Online Store Previous Next Jacques-EnguerrandGourgue was born in Port-au-Prince in 1931.He was the son of a French psychiatrist and a Haitian mambo or voodoo priestess. He began painting when barely out of primary school, and quickly achieved world-renowned status. Gourgue's mother is said to have been a mambo, or priestess of voudou. Having had a turbulent and troubled childhood, he turned to painting and joined the Centre d'Art in 1947, when he was 17.Gourgue lived in Spain with a Spanish wife and daughter. At the age of 17, his work was exhibited in the Museum of Modern art in New York; his painting "The Magic Table" is in the Museum's permanent collection. In 1949, at the age of 18, he won the Gold Medal at the exposition for the Port-au-Prince Bicentennial. Throughout most of the latter half of the twentieth century his work has been almost continuously exhibited in prestigious shows in Europe, North America, and Latin America, including important sales at the New York fine art auction houses Sotheby’s and Christies. He adopted his own style of painting, instantly distinguishable, featuring the Haitian mountains, skeletal trees, peasants and their huts, and vodou symbolism in an almost surrealistic manner. Gourgue died in 1996 Exhibitions: 1948 Museum of Modern Art, New York 2012Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. Nottingham Contemporary Permanent Collections: Museum of Modern Art, New York ("The Magic Table") Published in: Nadal, Marie-Jose and Gerald Bloncourt. 1986. La PeintureHaitienne, Haitian Arts. Paris: Editions Nathan Haitian Art (Ute Stebich, 1978) 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

Sisson Blanchard - Biography and Works for Sale Sisson Blanchard ( Haitian, 1926 - 1981 ) View works on Artnet and our Online Store 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

Micius Stephane - Biography and Works for Sale Micius Stephane ( Haitian, 1912 – 1996 ) View works on Artnet and our Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next Micius Stephane was born in 1912 in Bainet, on the Caribbean coast of Haiti. He worked as a cobbler and amateur sculptor. He joined the Centre d'Art in 1946 at the encouragement of DeWitt Peters, subsequently moving to Port-au-Prince in 1956. Between 1961 and 1979, Stephane exhibited in the U.S. and Europe. He is credited with having brought Edger Jean-Baptiste to the Centre d’Art. His son, Peters Stephane, and his daughter, Edith Stephane, are also painters. Stephane passed away in 1996. Permanent Collections Musée d’Art Haitien du College Saint Pierre in Port-au-Prince The Milwaukee Museum of Art The Detroit Institute of Art Published in Danticat, Edwige, and Jonathan Demme. Island on Fire . New York: Kaliko Press, 1995 Where Art is Joy (Rodman, 1988) Haitian Art (Ute Stebich, 1978). 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 ) View works on Artnet and our Online Store 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

Dieudonne Cedor - Biography and Works for Sale Dieudonne Cedor ( Haitian, 1925 - 2010 ) View works on Artnet and our Haitian Art Gallery Previous Next He joined the Centre d' Art in December 1947. At the "Centre d' Art," he worked under the supervision of Rigaud Benoit who thought him the elementary principals of pictorial art. He became a teacher the following year. Dewitt Peters, founder of Centre d' Art, made him chief of the studio. Later he became a member/founder of the "Foyer des Arts Plastiques" In 1957, he was named director of the museum of Beaux-Arts of Port au Prince. In 1953, Cedor received the Labor Department Exhibition Prize and in 1957, the Grand Work Prize of the Haitian Office of Tourism. He exhibited globally. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Antoine Smith - Biography and Works for Sale Antoine Smith ( Haitian, 1943 - 2009 ) View works on Artnet and our Online Store Previous Next Antoine Smith was born on November 17, 1943 in at Soissons-la-Montagne. He comes from a family of painters - Denis Smith, Antoine Smith, Jocelyne Smith dit Oceli… . Smith is part of the second generation of the Saint-Soleil Movement. In 1973, he started working under the direction of Jean Claude Garoute (Tiga) and with his cousin Saint-Jacques Smith. Three of his nine children – Wagner, Juler and Flambert – became painters. In 1977, Smith along with 33 member of the Saint Soleil Movement were 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. Antoine Smith died on September 9, 2009. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Francois Dominique - Biography and Works for Sale Francois Dominique ( Haitian, born 1946 ) View works on Artnet and our Online Store Previous Next Francois Dominique is a Haitian artist born on September 1, 1946, in Milot, near Cap-Haïtien. He began his artistic journey in 1967, studying under the famous Haitian painter Philomé Obin, though he has since developed his own distinctive style that diverges from the typical Cap-Haïtien school. His works are known for their vibrant depictions of Haitian life, often portraying local scenes with bold colors and intricate details. Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Saint Jacques Smith - Biography and Works for Sale Saint Jacques Smith ( Haitian, 1926 - 2010 ) View works on Artnet and our 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

Jacques Richard Chery - Biography and Works for Sale Jacques Richard Chery ( Haitian, born 1928 ) View works on Artnet and our Online Store Previous Next Jacques-Richard Chery was born in Cap-Haitian on February 2, 1929. Chery started painting while working as a barber. He opened a gas station in the Artibonite Valley and exhibited his art at his place of work. On the advice of his friend Philome Obin, he moved to Port-au-Prince in 1951. He stayed there for one year, returning to the Art Center in Port-au-Prince ten years later. In 1965, he entered the Galerie Issa, where he painted for several years. His works were often reproduced in magazines (Time, Vogue), as well as in art books. He exhibited in London (1969), Spoleto (1970), Modena (1981), New York, Milwaukee, Berlin (1979), Paris (1980, 1988, & 1990). His paintings have been sold through Sotheby’s Auction House in New York. His earlier works were representative of the Northern School. Published in Nadal, Marie-Jose and Gerald Bloncourt. 1986. La Peinture Haitienne, Haitian Arts. Paris: Editions Nathan Alexis Gerald Peintres Haitiens Editions Cercle d’Art Paris 2000 Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More

Maxan Jean-Louis - Biography and Works for Sale Maxan Jean-Louis ( Haitian, born 1966 ) View works on Artnet and our 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

Gérard Fortuné - Biography and Works for Sale Gérard Fortuné ( Haitian, 1924 - 2019 ) View works on Artnet and our Online Store Previous Next Gerard Fortuné was born on May 2nd in the early 1925 in the Montagne Noire neighborhood above Petionville, Haiti. His mother sold vegetables and his father was in the local police force. As a child he recalls working in his mother’s garden. In the 1970s he did domestic work, including cooking, in the houses of the elite of Petionville and as a pastry chef there. He began to paint in the early 1980's. He is completely self-taught. His paintings found a receptive audience among diplomats, journalists and other expatriates in Port-au-Prince, and soon he was taken on by the legendary gallery-owner Issa el-Saieh. Other art dealers and promoters followed. Exhibitions 2012 Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. Nottingham Contemporary. Permanent Collections Ramapo College, New Jersey The Waterloo Museum of Art, Iowa The Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia The Frost Art Museum, Miami Florida Published in Selden Rodman. Rodman, Where Art is Joy , 1988 Dialogue du Réel et de L’imaginaire (1990) Island on Fire (Demme, 1997) Monnin, Gael and Pascale Monnin,2014, Gerard Fortuné, Petioinville, Collection Monnin May 1990 issue of Art & Antiques magazine Farquharson, Alex and Leah Gordon Kafou: Haiti, Art and Vodou. 2012. Nottingham Contemporary. Nottingham, England. 2000. Haiti, anges & demons. Paris: Le Halle Saint-Pierre Famous Works Click on painting for purchasing information View More