Prosper Pièrre-Louis 1947-1997
is a Haitian born in Bainet, near Jacmel.
One of the main contributors of the Saint Soleil art movement.
He was one of the Cinq Soleil (five Suns: Levoy Exil, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, Dieuseul Paul, Denis Smith) art movement. These artists had branched out of the Saint Soleil movement. He died in 1997 of an asthma attack.
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Roland Dorcély
1930 – 2017
Born in Port-au-Prince, Roland Dorcély joined the Centre d’Art in 1946 and traveled to France to study with French painters Fernand Léger and André Masson. He later joined the Foyer des arts Plastiques in Haiti and in 1954 started the Brochette School of Art with artist Luckner Lazard.
He resided in both France and Haiti unit finally settling in Haiti in 1969. Throughout this period, he exhibited in France and the United States and was awarded First Prize in 1947 at a Haitian exhibition by President Estimé Dumarsais.
Dorcély’s art is exhibited in the permanent collections of the Museums of Modern Art in New York and Paris as well as numerous private collections around the globe.
Roland Dorcely
Belles Marchandes, 1956
Acrylic on Board
24" x 32"
Personal Collection
