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Painting of lots of trees in the background. There is a waterfall and several people walking around the area.

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Painting of a waterfall with trees and people surrounding it.

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Oil on canvas.

Max Gerbier was born in Milo near CapHaitien in northern Haiti on September 10, 1951. He comes out of the workshop of the great master Philome Obin after receiving
encouragement from Harrison Obin. He started to paint at the Centre…

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Oil on canvas

Carel Blain, born on September 23, 1961 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. As a beginner, Blain worked with great artists such as Lesly Exume, Francoise Jean and the late Carlo Dayan among others. Carel specializes in portraits of children.…

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oil on Masonite

This painting depicts a Haitian Carnival celebration with groups of maskers, including children, parading through the streets. It's painted in the Cap-Haitien style.

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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…

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oil on board
S.E. Bottex was born in 1922 in Port Margot in the north of Haiti. After finishing secondary school, Bottex worked as a photographer. Around 1955, encouraged by his older brother, Jean-Baptiste, a well-known Haitian artist, he began to…

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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…

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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…
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