Antoine Obin was born on March 29, 1929, in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti, and died there in 1992. The son of renowned Haitian painter Philomé Obin, Antoine was trained by his father and became a key figure in the Cap-Haitien school of painting.

In 1946, Obin joined the Centre d’Art in Port-au-Prince, where he continued in the primitive pictorial tradition established by his father. His paintings are characterized by flat perspective, narrative clarity, and detailed depictions of Haitian street life, ceremonial events, and historical scenes.

Antoine Obin painted full-time in Cap-Haïtien, producing works in oil on masonite that are widely collected by Haitian art enthusiasts. While influenced by his father’s strict formalism, Obin’s work ...