Micius Stephane
Haitian artist (1912–2012)
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Micius Stephane (1912 – 1996) was a Haitian visual artist.[1][2] He was known for painting genre scenes of everyday life in a folk art style.
Born1912
Bainet, Sud-Est, Haiti
Died1996 (aged 83–84)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
OccupationsVisual artist, shoe maker
KnownforPainting, sculptor
Micius Stephane | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1912 Bainet, Sud-Est, Haiti |
| Died | 1996 (aged 83–84) Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Occupations | Visual artist, shoe maker |
| Known for | Painting, sculptor |
Life and career
Stephane was born in 1912, in Bainet in Sud-Est, Haiti.[3][4] Stephane was of the first generation Haitian painters, and he also worked as a shoe maker, and sculptor.[5] He worked at the Centre D'Art art center in Port-au-Prince starting in 1946.[6] His earlier work was more overtly political.[4] In his later career, his work focus on everyday genre scenes.[4]
Stephane died in 1996, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[2]
His work is in the museum collection at Bryan University in Tempe, Arizona.[7]
Exhibitions
- 1951, Paintings from Haiti: Institute of Contemporary Arts, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England[2]
- 1963, 19 Schilders uit Haiti (19 Painters from Haiti), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands[2]
- 1991, Haitian Art: Selections From a Chicago Collection, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[2]
- 2004, Winslow Anderson Collection of Haitian Art, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.[2]
