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Born 1944 Port-au-Prince. Known for: Haitian genre painting, paintings of animals acting like humans.
Philton Latortue (b.1944). Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he began painting in 1962, helped by his brother Franklin, also a painter. In 1980 he won first prize in an international exhibition in... Read full biography
Philton Latortue (b.1944). Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he began painting in 1962, helped by his brother Franklin, also a painter. In 1980 he won first prize in an international exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. Since then, his works have been shown throughout Europe, the U.S., and Mexico. Latortue... Read full biography
Philton Latortue (b.1944). Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he began painting in 1962, helped by his brother Franklin, also a painter. In 1980 he won first prize in an international exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. Since then, his works have been shown throughout Europe, the U.S., and Mexico. Latortue is best known for painting animals, giving them human characteristics in fairy tale settings
Philton Latortue (b.1944). Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he began painting in 1962, helped by his brother Franklin, also a painter. In 1980 he won first prize in an international exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. Since then, his works have been shown throughout Europe, the U.S., and Mexico. Latortue is best known for painting animals, giving them human characteristics in fairy tale settings
Philton Latortue (b.1944). Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he began painting in 1962, helped by his brother Franklin, also a painter. In 1980 he won first prize in an international exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. Since then, his works have been shown throughout Europe, the U.S., and Mexico. Latortue is best known for painting animals, giving them human characteristics in fairy tale settings
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Philton Latortue (b.1944)
Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, he began painting in 1962, helped by his brother Franklin, also a painter. In 1980 he won first prize in an international exhibition in Hamburg, Germany. Since then, his works have been shown throughout Europe, the U.S., and Mexico.
Latortue is best known for painting animals, giving them human characteristics in fairy tale settings