Micius Stephane
Micius Stephane | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1912 Bainet, Sud-Est, Haiti |
| Died | 1996 (aged 83–84) Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Occupations | Visual artist, shoe maker |
| Known for | Painting, sculptor |
Micius Stephane (1912 – 1996) was a Haitian visual artist.[1][2] He was known for painting genre scenes of everyday life in a folk art style.
Life and career
Stephane was born in 1912, in Bainet in Sud-Est, Haiti.[3][4] Stephane was of the first generation Haitian painters, and he also worked as a shoe maker, and sculptor.[5] He worked at the Centre D'Art art center in Port-au-Prince starting in 1946.[6] His earlier work was more overtly political.[4] In his later career, his work focus on everyday genre scenes.[4]
Stephane died in 1996, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[2]
His work is in the museum collection at Bryan University in Tempe, Arizona.[7]
Exhibitions
- 1951, Paintings from Haiti: Institute of Contemporary Arts, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England[2]
- 1963, 19 Schilders uit Haiti (19 Painters from Haiti), Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands[2]
- 1991, Haitian Art: Selections From a Chicago Collection, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.[2]
- 2004, Winslow Anderson Collection of Haitian Art, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, U.S.[2]
References
- ^ "Stephane, Micius", Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford University Press, October 31, 2011, doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00175516, retrieved March 3, 2026
- ^ a b c d e f "Stephane, Micius. (Bainet, Haiti, 1912-Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 1996)". African American Visual Artists Database (AAVAD). Archived from the original on March 6, 2021.
- ^ Castagno, John (1997). Latin American Artists' Signatures and Monograms: Colonial Era to 1996. Scarecrow Press. p. 582. ISBN 978-0-8108-3293-0.
- ^ a b c Mon Rêve: A Visual Record of Haiti Since the Departure of the Duvaliers : Alternative Museum, November 11-December 23, 1989. The Alternative Museum. 1989. p. 56. ISBN 978-0-932075-26-0.
- ^ National Geographic. National Geographic Society. 1961. p. 327.
- ^ Demme, Jonathan; Coyne, Kirsten (1994). Haiti, Three Visions: Etienne Chavannes, Edger Jean-Baptiste, Ernst Prophète. Ramapo College of New Jersey. p. 31 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Micius Stephane, Bourgeois Family". Bryant Art.