Artists’ Biographies 1 Arijac, Harry Jacques was born on August 11, 1937 in Gonaïves, Haiti. After completing high school, Arijac took international correspondence courses in architecture and worked as a draftsman from 1962-63 for the noted artist, Sacha Thèbaud’s (Tebo) architecture firm. Arijac also worked in the school construction division of the Department of Agriculture until 1975. Thèbaud taught Arijac to paint in the 2000 year old encaustic method, which involves using an iron with a mixture of beeswax, turpentine and pigment to create images. Considered one of Haiti’s finest painters, Arijac has exhibited work at the American Institute, the French Institute, the Sao Paolo Biennial and in New York. Bottex, Seymour Etienne was born on December 24, 1922 in Port Margot. Bottex worked as a photographer until 1955 when his brother encouraged him to begin painting. He joined the Centre d’Art and later the Galerie Issa in Port-au-Prince. His paintings, mingling humorous, historical, and biblical themes, are exhibited worldwide and auctioned at Sotheby’s in New York. He is considered one of the finest Haitian naïf painters, and his murals in the Episcopal Cathedral de Sainte Trinité in Port-au-Prince are considered the most important achievement in Haitian modern art. Chery, Fritzner		1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8   The Web Gallery Artists’ Bios Paintings Sequined Flags Metal Sculpture Books Cards To Purchase Home