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1892 Cap-Haitien, Haiti - 1986 Cap-Haitien, Haiti. Known for: Naive style genre, history painting of Haiti.
Philome Obin, born in 1892, was a painter and muralist in naive, folk-art style of street scenes, Haitian history, allegory, native figures and genre. He is credited as largely responsible for the... Read full biography
Philome Obin, born in 1892, was a painter and muralist in naive, folk-art style of street scenes, Haitian history, allegory, native figures and genre. He is credited as largely responsible for the flowering of Haitian Art since 1945, and is described by some critics as "the greatest of all Haitian... Read full biography
Philome Obin, born in 1892, was a painter and muralist in naive, folk-art style of street scenes, Haitian history, allegory, native figures and genre. He is credited as largely responsible for the flowering of Haitian Art since 1945, and is described by some critics as "the greatest of all Haitian artists." . He was born in Cap-Haitien and took drawing lessons as a child. Many of his early paintings were on cardboard or masonite, and were unappreciated by the general public who looked more to... Read full biography
Philome Obin, born in 1892, was a painter and muralist in naive, folk-art style of street scenes, Haitian history, allegory, native figures and genre. He is credited as largely responsible for the flowering of Haitian Art since 1945, and is described by some critics as "the greatest of all Haitian artists." . He was born in Cap-Haitien and took drawing lessons as a child. Many of his early paintings were on cardboard or masonite, and were unappreciated by the general public who looked more to the 'sophisticated' art of France. By 1944, the artist was desperate because of his commitment to art and the lack of response he was receiving. However, the next year, he got the attention of Dewitt Peters, an American artist who was a Quaker and... Read full biography
Philome Obin, born in 1892, was a painter and muralist in naive, folk-art style of street scenes, Haitian history, allegory, native figures and genre. He is credited as largely responsible for the flowering of Haitian Art since 1945, and is described by some critics as "the greatest of all Haitian artists." . He was born in Cap-Haitien and took drawing lessons as a child. Many of his early paintings were on cardboard or masonite, and were unappreciated by the general public who looked more to the 'sophisticated' art of France. By 1944, the artist was desperate because of his commitment to art and the lack of response he was receiving. However, the next year, he got the attention of Dewitt Peters, an American artist who was a Quaker and pacifist, and who had established the Centre d'Art in Port-au Prince, Haiti's capital as an alternative to doing military se... Read full biography
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