https://hamoc.libraryhost.com/files/original/b623320b3caac0526b6878fffa585332.jpg c2653cf385e4a26f92b45a8914f60f33 https://hamoc.libraryhost.com/files/original/6d06f3a7a2278af9cf9d9e8fcad31097.jpg ce8daf6f08c23ba99fe12ab4704f508a https://hamoc.libraryhost.com/files/original/f87916968da726a21fdc49c69bec405f.jpg 6a819e60f12f271d5a12238e6473dfb9 https://hamoc.libraryhost.com/files/original/f655717b9617ab6bfc3dd557da14e44a.jpg 7b2da2fbd97808ee2c8321a4490f7f5c Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Saturday Market by Seymour Etienne Bottex Description An account of the resource acrylic on canvas 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 do drawings in color. In 1961 he joined the Centre d'Art, and in 1969 he began to paint in the atelier of the Galerie Issa. Bottex used bright colors and clear, strong lines to depict biblical, historical and local scenes. His use of strong, curved lines gives gives his work a unique style. Living in New Jersey, USA in his later years, Bottex passed away at the age of 93 in 2016. At the center of this market scene, Bottex places a vendor serving snow cones, drawing the attention of the surrounding children. To the right, a boy carries his kite.