The modern formal history of Haitian art is fairly short. It began in 1943, when DeWitt Peters moved to Haiti from America to teach English. Besides being and English teacher, he had a passion for painting, particularly watercolors, and was surprised that there was no place for art exhibits or any art galleries to be found. Seeing the poverty of the people and the lack of opportunity, he had a vision to offer a place where https://przemekjurek.pl/
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talented, local Haitians could further develop these natural talents while at the same time provide a respectable alternative way to make a living besides manual labor.
It only took a year for him to start bringing his dream to fruition. He convinced the Haitian government to donate a local building to his cause and he opened Le Center d’Art in Port-au-Prince, which served as both an art school and an art gallery. It did not take much searching to find local talent, who are well known in the Haitian art community today. Particularly, Peters focused on local primitive art, in which he saw huge potential. Talented artists, or potential artists, arose from everywhere: Voodoo priests, taxi drivers, factory workers, and even the art school’s yard boy.
After only three years, in 1947, it was time take the art to the world, and this was done in a large way (literally) by painting murals on the side of buildings. These murals attracted world wide attention, and slowly the demand for Haitian art began to grow. Many early Haitian painters have become internationally known because of the attention these murals attracted.