Our Haitian Art Collection
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Haitian Artists
Aladin, Agathe
Aladin, Theard
Alphonse, Fritzner
Auguste, Toussaint
Bottex, S.E.
Casimir, Laurent
Domond, Ezene
Domond, Wilmino
Dupoux, Raoul
Etienne, Gregoire
Francois, Roger
Guillaume, Jean-Jacques
Ismael, Saincilus
Jacques, Harry (dit Arijac)
Jean, Jean-Baptiste
Jean, Marie Carmel
Jean, Ulrick
Jean-Jacques, Carlo
Joseph, Reynald
Leopol, Lindor
Louissaint, Jacques
Louizor, Ernst
Maurice, A.M.
Obin, Fritzner
Obin, Othon
Pierre, André
Pierre, Eddy
Robuste, Jean Claude
St. Fleur, Michelle
Valcin, Pierre Joseph
Valery, Julien
Zephirin, Frantz

Collection Notes

Toussaint Auguste

Toussaint Auguste, born in Leogane in 1925, is said to have been active in the Episcopal Diocese as a lay reader and a teacher before becoming a painter in the late 1940s.  He was among the early painters working at the Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince.  Considered one of the First Generation Masters, examples of his work can be found in many museums--including the permanent collections of the Musee d'Art Haitien du College Saint Pierre in Port-au-Prince and the Milwaukee Museum of Art--and in most books on Haitian art.

Toussaint Auguste is represented in the Cathedral of Sainte Trinite in Port-au-Prince with the murals "Flight into Egypt" and "The Temptation of Adam and Eve."  Following their execution, he moved to the United States, where he presently resides.

Publications:
Rodman, Selden.  Renaissance in Haiti.  1948.  Dust jacket illustration, frontispiece, pg. 132.
Demme, Jonathan.  Island on Fire.  1997.  pp. 56, 57.

Selected Toussaint Auguste Links:
Murals at Cathedral of Sainte Trinite
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Haitian Art Collection
Galerie Macondo
Shirley Allen

 
The Lost Lamb, Dated 8/55 [August 1955]
20 x 24 inches, Oil on Masonite, Framed
$ 6,500
 
Detail from The Lost Lamb