List of Haitian artists explained

This page provides a list of Haitian artists. People on this list were either born in Haiti or possess Haitian citizenship. Due to Haitian nationality laws, dual citizenship is now permitted by the Constitution of Haiti, therefore people of Haitian ancestry born outside of the country are not included in this list, unless they have renounced their foreign citizenship or have resided extensively in Haiti and made significant contributions to Haitian government or society. The list includes both native born and naturalized Haitians, as well as permanent foreign residents who have been recognized internationally for artistic reasons. If not indicated here, their birth in Haiti and notability are mentioned in their main article.

• Gesner Abelard (born 1922) – painter and sculptor^[1]
• Ralph Allen – painter
• Gabriel Alix (1930–1998) – painter
• Jackson Ambroise (born 1952) – painter
• Sergine André (born 1969) – painter^[2]
• Myrland Constant (born 1968) – textile artist^[3]
• Adler Guerrier (born 1975) – photographer^[4]
• Montas Antoine (1926–1988) – painter
• Arijac (born 1937) – painter
• Gesner Armand (1936–2008) – painter
• Georges Auguste (1846–1935) – painter
• Castera Bazile (1923–1966) – painter
• Thony Belizaire (1955–2013) – photographer and photojournalist^{[5] [6]}
• Rigaud Benoit (1911–1986) – one of the three or four most highly prized Haitian artists
• Wilson Bigaud (1931–2010) – painter^[7]
• Roland Blain (1934–2005) – painter
• Serge Moléon Blaise (born 1951) – painter
• Gérald Bloncourt (1926–2018) – painter and photographer
• Ludovic Booz (1940–2015) – painter and sculptor
• Maurice Borno (1917–1955) – painter
• Seymour Etienne Bottex (1922–1998) – painter
• Henry-Robert Brésil (1952–1999) – painter
• Murat Brierre (1938–1988) – one of Haiti's principal metal sculptors
• Jean-Baptiste Bottex (1918–1979) – painter
• Bourmond Byron (1920–2004) – painter^[8]
• Laurent Casimir (1928–1990) – artist^[9]
• Jean-Claude Castera (born 1939) – painter
• Dieudonné Cédor (1925–2010) – painter
• Ralph Chapoteau (born 1954) – painter
• Charles Frédéric Chassériau (1802–1896) – chief architect of Marseille and Algiers^[10]
• Etienne Chavannes (born 1939) – painter
• Claude Dambreville (born 1934) - writer and painter^{[11] [12]}
• Villard Denis (1940-2004) – painter and poet
• Rose-Marie Desruisseau (1933-1988) – painter
• Philippe Dodard (born 1954) – graphic artist and painter
• Roland Dorcely (1930–2017) – painter
• Nicolas Dreux (born 1956) – painter
• Abner Dubic (born 1944) – painter
• Gervais Emmanuel Ducasse (1903–1988) – painter
• Préfète Duffaut (1923–2012) – painter^{[13] [14] [15]}
• Edouard Duval-Carrié (born 1954) – painter and sculptor^{[16] [17]}
• Levoy Exil (born 1944) – major contributor to the Saint Soleil art movement^[18]
• Louisiane Saint Fleurant (1924–2005) – artist and painter^[19]
• Gérard Fombrun (1927–2015) – sculptor
• Jacques Gabriel (1934–1988) – painter
• Paul Gardère (1944–2011) – visual artist^[20]
• Jean-Claude Garoute (1935–2006) – painter and sculptor
• Jackson Georges (born 1974) – painter^[21]
• Max Gerbier (born 1951) – painter
• Jacques-Enguerrand Gourgue (1930–1996) – one of Haiti's most renowned painters of the 20th century^{[22] [23]}
• Alexandre Grégoire (1922–2001) – painter^[24]
• Georges Hector (1939–1990) – painter
• Edith Hollant (born 1938) – photographer and painter
• Hector Hyppolite (1894–1948) – painter
• Eugène Jean (1714–1734) – painter
• Jean-Baptiste Jean (1953–2002) – painter^[25]
• Nehemy Jean (born 1931) – painter and graphic artist
• Eric Jean-Louis (born 1957) – painter
• Jean-René Jérôme (1942–1991) – painter, and considered one of Haiti's greatest artists^[26]
• Serge Jolimeau (born 1952) – sculptor^[27]
• Jacqueline Nesti Joseph (born 1932) – painter
• Antonio Joseph (1921–2016) – painter, sculptor, and screen-printer^[28] <
• Leonel Jules (born 1953) – painter^[29]
• André Juste (born 1957) – sculptor^[30]
• Gisou Lamothe (1935–2020) – painter and sculptor^[28]
• Lyonel Laurenceau (born 1942) – painter
• Peterson Laurent (1888–1958) – painter^[28]
• Luckner Lazard (1928–1998) – painter and sculptor^[28]
• André LeBlanc (1921–1998) – renowned comic book artist^[31]
• Stevenson Magloire (1963–1994) – painter^[32]
• Andrée Malebranche (1916–2013) – painter^[33]
• Albert Mangonès (1917-2002) – architect^[34]
• Madsen Mompremier (born 1952) – painter^[35]
• Marie-José Nadal-Gardère (1931–2020) – painter and sculptor
• Charles Obas (born 1927) – painter^[36]
• Philomé Obin (1892–1986) – painter^[37]
• Francis Paraison (1958–2003) – painter^[38]
• Salnave Philippe-Auguste (1908–1989) – painter, joined Le Centre d'Art in 1960.
• André Pierre (1914–2005) – painter
• Prosper Pierre-Louis (1947–1997) – artist, painter; and one of the main contributors to the local school of the Saint Soleil art movement^[37]
• Guerdy J. Préval (born 1950) – painter^{[39] [40]} and essayist
• Barbara Prézeau-Stephenson (born 1965) – painter, sculptor, land art^[41]
• Samuel Roker (born 1953) – painter^[42]
• Petion Savain (1906-1973) – prolific painter^[43]
• Galland Semerand (1953–2019) – painter and architect^[44]
• Hervé Télémaque – surrealist painter, curator
• Sacha Thébaud (1934–2004) – aka "Tebó", artist, sculptor, architect, furniture designer and known for encaustics in international contemporary fine art^[45]
• François Turenne des Pres (1907–1990) ^[46]
• Edouard Wah (1939–2003) – painter^[47]

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1. Book: Bihalji-Merin, Oto . trans. Norbert Guterman . Modern Primitives: Masters of Naive Painting . Harry N. Abrams . 1959 . New York . 265 .
2. Web site: Sergine André, celle qui raconte Haïti en peinture. 2018-05-26. NOFI. en. 2019-03-19.
3. News: Mitter . Siddhartha . 2023-01-25 . An Artist Who Blends Secular and Sacred (With Sequins) . 2024-07-23 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
4. Web site: Adler Guerrier . 2024-07-23 . C& AMÉRICA LATINA . en.
5. News: AFP Haiti photographer Thony Belizaire dead at 54 . . . 2013-07-22 . 2013-08-18 . dead . https://archive.today/20130723003408/http://www.france24.com/en/20130722-afp-haiti-photographer-thony-belizaire-dead-54 . 2013-07-23 .
6. News: Thony Belizaire, Photojournalist March 30, 1955 – July 21, 2013 . The Sentinel . Defend Haiti . 2013-07-22 . 2013-08-18.
7. Book: Bihalji-Merin, Oto . trans. Norbert Guterman . Modern Primitives: Masters of Naive Painting . Harry N. Abrams . 1959 . New York . 266 .
8. Book: Demme, Jonathan. Island on fire: passionate visions of Haiti from the collection of Jonathan Demme. 1997. Kaliko Press. 93.
9. Web site: Galerie Macondo . 20 April 2013 .
10. Book: Incroyables gazettes et fabuleux métaux: les retours des trésors américains d'apres les gazettes hollandaises . Morineau . 327 . 1985 . Maison de Sciences de l'Homme and Cambridge University Press . 9782735101122 . 7 February 2015.
11. Web site: Entretien avec Saïka Céus, lauréate du prix littéraire Henri Deschamps 2017 . Le Nouvelliste . lenouvelliste.com . Le Nouvelliste . en.
12. Web site: Coningsby Gallery – About The Coningsby Gallery . www.coningsbygallery.com . The Coningsby Gallery.
13. Book: Balutansky . Kathleen. Sourieau. Marie-Agnes . Ecrire en Pays Assiege Haiti Writing Under Siege in . Rodopi . 2004 . New York, NY . 978-90-420-1753-5 . 433 .
14. Book: Stebich, Ute . Haitian Art . Harry N. Abrams, Inc. . 1979 . New York, NY . 978-0-8109-1053-9 .
15. Book: Michel and Bellegarde-Smith, Claudine and Patrick . Vodou in Haitian Life and Culture: Invisible Powers . registration. Palgrave Macmillan . 1979 . Basingstoke, Hampshire UK . 978-1-4039-7162-3 . 170 .
16. Book: Artists from Latin American Cultures: A Biographical Dictionary. 74–76. Kristin G. Congdon . Kara Kelley Hallmark . amp. Greenwood Press. 2002 . 2009-05-09 . 978-0-313-31544-2.
17. Le monde caraïbe: défis et dynamiques: p544 Christian Lerat, Université Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux III. Pôle de recherche interdisciplinaire Caraïbe plurielle - 2005 "Ensemble avec le cinéaste Jonathan Demme (qui adapta à l'écran Beloved, de Toni Morrison31), avec Édouard Duval-Carrié (un peintre qui vit à Miami), Marilene Phipps, Myriam Chancy, Marie-Hélène Laforest, et les « Fugees » (Wyclif Jean),"
18. Web site: Quake's toll on Haitian art, heritage and income . Basu, Moni . Ravitz, Jessica . amp. CNN . 2010 . 7 February 2015.
19. Web site: One of Tens of Thousands: Diaspora Doctor Continues to Help Haiti . Luce, Jim . Huffington Post . 2012 . 7 February 2015.
20. Web site: Studio Museum in Harlem Residency List.
21. Web site: Jackson Georges . Art and Free World . 7 February 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204172113/http://artandfreeworld.com/jacksongeorges.html . 4 February 2015 .
22. Book: Rodman, Selden . 1982 . Artists in Tune with Their World: Masters of Popular Art in the Americas & Their Relation to the Folk Tradition . registration . Simon & Schuster.
23. Book: Stebich, Ute . 1978 . Haitian Art . Henry N. Adams Inc..
24. Web site: Arthur . Charles . Alexandre Gregoire: One of the greatest 'naive' painters . Obituaries of famous Haitians . Haiti Support Group . 2001-08-07 . 2007-01-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061208214442/http://haitisupport.gn.apc.org/obituaries.htm . 2006-12-08.
25. Web site: Benson . LeGrace . Arts of Haiti Artists Gallery . Arts of Haiti . 2007-05-21 .
26. Web site: Jean Rene Jerome.
27. Web site: Rebuilding Haiti, One Sale At A Time. NPR.org. en. 2019-03-19.
28. Web site: Corbett . Bob . Brief Biographies of Haitian Artists . Webster University . 2006-11-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061231223401/http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/art/bios.htm . 2006-12-31 .
29. Web site: Couleurs d'Haïti à Montréal . Journet, Paul . La Presse . 2010 . 7 February 2015.
30. News: Cotter. Holland. Art in Review. 21 May 2015. New York Times. July 2, 2009.
31. Web site: André LeBlanc . 24 March 2014.
32. Web site: Death of an Artist Adds to Haiti's Toll . Manegold, Catherine S. . New York Times . 1994 . 7 February 2015.
33. Book: Benson. LeGrace. Knight. Franklin W.. Gates. Henry Louis Jr.. Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography. 2016. Oxford University Press. Oxford, England. 978-0-199-93580-2. Malebranche, Andrée (1916–2013).
34. News: Albert Mangones, 85; His Bronze Sculpture Became Haitian Symbol . Press . 27 April 2016 . LA Times . 16 February 2016.
35. Web site: Galerie Macondo presents Haitian Paintings by Madsen Mompremier. www.artshaitian.com. 2018-03-24.
36. Christensen, Eleanor Ingalls, The Art of Haiti, A. S. Barnes, Inc., New York: 1975.
37. Web site: Five Years After: A Quick Tour Of Port-Au-Prince, Haiti . Oseid, John . Forbes . 2015 . 7 February 2015.
38. Web site: Winslow Anderson Collection of Haitian Art . Huntington Museum of Art . 7 February 2015.
39. Book: Bloncourt, Gérald . Nadal-Gardère, Marie-José . amp. Haitian Arts/La Peinture haïtienne . éditions Nathan . 1986 . Paris, France .
40. Book: Lerebours, Michel-Philippe . Haïti et ses peintres de 1804 à 1980 : Souffrances et espoirs d'un peuple . Imprimeur II . 1989 . Port-au-Prince, Haiti .
41. Web site: Artistes . 15 . 1st Haitian Pavilion, 54th International Art Exhibition, Biennale di Venezia.
42. Book: Pataki, Eva. Haitian painting: art and kitsch. 24 May 2011. May 1986. E. Pataki. 978-0-9615932-0-9. 44.
43. Web site: Vacant downtown Nampa building given new purpose: Phantom gallery displays local artists' work in Nampa . Atkinson, Bobby . Idaho Press-Tribute . 2014 . 7 February 2015.
44. Web site: Semerand Galland (Haitian, b.1953–2019). Myriam Nader Haitian Art Gallery, NY.
45. Web site: Sacha Tebó: Biography . Sacha Tebo . 7 February 2015.
46. Web site: Francois Turenne des Pres Art .
47. Web site: Haiti Before the Quake: Exhibit at Burns Library . 2010 . Boston College . 7 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150207183106/http://www.bc.edu/offices/pubaf/archive/news/haitian_paintings_exhibit2010_0209.html . 7 February 2015 . dead .