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oil on canvas

Saincilus Ismael was born in 1940 in Petite Riviere de L'Artibonite. Ismael began drawing at age seven, then began to paint in 1956 after visiting the Centre d'Art and Foyer des Arts Plastiques. In 1967 he led a group of artists…

oil on canvas

This painting, like many in this exhibition, was donated to the Waterloo Center for the Arts’ permanent collection by Janet Feldman. Feldman amassed a huge collection of art from Haiti, Mexico, and other cultures, then donated the…

oil on board

Gabriel Alix was born in St. Marc in 1930. He came to Port-au-Prince in 1946 at the urging of his lifelong friend, the legendary Hector Hyppolite. He joined the Centre d’Art at that time.

Alix was a taciturn man who was married to…

oil on canvas

Didier Civil was born in 1973 in Jacmel. He began to draw at an early age. By 1990 he was exhibiting in various galleries in Jacmel. In 1994, Civil’s work was included in a book and a New York exhibition of the Jonathan Demme…

oil on canvas

Yves Lafontant was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in 1939. When he was young, his widowed mother married the Haitian master painter Rigaud Benoit so Yves was exposed to high quality art very early in his life. He did his first…

oil on canvas

Louis Georges’ paintings include portraits and botanical or agricultural subjects. He tends to favor a more realistic or illustrative style.

In this painting, a young boy crouches on the ground to play with marbles.

oil on board

Eugène Jean was born in 1951 at Trou du Nord. Jean first worked with Haitian paint-er Philomé Obin. He has been a member of the Centre d'Art since 1971 and has had several exhibitions in the United States. Jean typically paints common…

Abstract painting with a profile face in the center facing right. Warm colors on top and cooler colors on the bottom.