Hector Hyppolite
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Hector Hyppolite (1894 - 1948) was a Haitian painter. Born in Saint-Marc, Hyppolite worked as a house painter and was a Vodou priest, or houngan, before his talent as an artist was noticed by Philippe Thoby-Marcelin and DeWitt Peters in 1945. Hyppolite, a prolific painter, typically depicted Vodou scenes and created 256 paintings in the three years before his death.[1] He died at about age 54 in Haiti's capital city, Port-au-Prince.
[edit] Notes
- ^ P. Schutt-Ainé, Haiti: A Basic Reference Book, 113
[edit] References
- Corbett, Bob. Brief Biographies of Haitian Artists. Webster University. Retrieved on 2006-11-16.
- Schutt-Ainé, Patricia, Staff of Librairie Au Service de la Culture (1994). Haiti: A Basic Reference Book. Miami, Florida: Librairie Au Service de la Culture, p. 113. ISBN 0-9638599-0-0.
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