by WPnew | Nov 28, 2018 | Profiles
Wifredo Oscar de la Concepción Lam y Castilla was born December 8, 1902, in Sagua la Grande, Cuba. In 1916, his family moved to Havana, where he attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes. During the early 1920s, he exhibited at the Salón de la Asociación de Pintores y...
by WPnew | Nov 27, 2018 | Profiles
(Ivory Coast, born 1983) : “My work is similar to that of a journalist writing an article: I was simply describing a situation, in order to create a record of my country’s recent history. But even before the crisis I worked on similar themes, childhood in the...
by WPnew | Nov 27, 2018 | Profiles
Vibrant. Bold. Soulful. These are all adjectives that capture the essence of Barbadian artist, Jeena Chatrani’s work. A talented Caribbean colourist and impressionist whose works are sought after by collectors around the world, Jeena often portrays Barbadian elements...
by WPnew | Nov 14, 2018 | Profiles
Fred Thomas was born in Fort-Liberté, Haiti, and grew up in Cap-Haitien. He started to draw at an early age, reproducing sketches created by his father. Pretty soon, Fred started to polish these drawings and to create his own, denoting this way his precocious...
by WPnew | Nov 14, 2018 | Profiles
“I begin with a formal sketch, I deconstruct it until it is destroyed….and then it appears…within the light.” Mario Benjamin was born in Port au Prince, Haiti in 1964 and is a self-taught artist. Recognized as an excellent draftsman, he became a well-known...
by WPnew | Nov 1, 2018 | Profiles
In 2007, Patricia Barchant became a professional painter after practicing drawing and painting as a hobby and after being a secretary, decorator and trainer. For six years, in the commune of Gosier in Guadeloupe, she has launched “Gîte-Art-Tradition” , an...
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