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Rigaud Benoit
Haitian artist
Rigaud Benoit | |
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| Born | Port-au-Prince |
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| Nationality | Haitian |
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Rigaud Benoit (–) had become one of the three or four most highly prized Haitian artists well before his death.
Early life
A native of Port-au-Prince, Benoit had been a shoemaker, musician, and taxi driver before making his living as a painter. He had also supplemented his income by painting pottery pieces he rarely signed or acknowledged.
Career
Benoit was an early member of the Haitian art movement known as Naive Art, so-called because of its members' limited formal training.
Rigaud benoit haitian artists
The movement was first recognized and promoted by the Centre d'Art, founded in by the American Quaker and World War IIconscientious objectorDewitt Peters.
According to a widely repeated story, Benoit was working as Peters's chauffeur in when he saw some of the first works displayed at the Centre d'Art.
He immediately decided he could do as