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Highland Park • Pittsburgh, PA 15206 • 1-412-661-1498
macondo@verizon.net
SINCE 1974
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Haitian Art Archives
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This is Archives Room 84. Haitian Art by Antilhomme Richard
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According to Michele Grandjean in her wonderful book, Artistes en Haiti, Antilhomme was born in the early 1920's in Petit Trou de Nippes. His parents were farmers . He never attended school and moved to Port-au-Prince when he was nine. There he found work as a housekeeper in the home of a doctor. He later became a mechanic and then worked at painting and construction. When he was around fifty, he met Tiga, the founder of the Saint Soleil art community in the mountains above Port-au-Prince, and became one of the first members of the group. When Saint Soleil disbanded in 1978 Antilhomme stopped painting and did not resume until 1989 . He is presently a member of "Cinq Soleils", the group that grew out of Saint Soleil. He spends all of his time painting now. "When I am painting, I am happy"' he says now, "everything is good for me, I am happy"
Antilhomme lived happily in Petionville, with his wife and children until he passed away in November 2002.
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This is an ARCHIVES page, the painting is already sold.
To see paintings by Antilhomme that are for sale, click here
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#927 Antilhomme Richard
30x24 Acrylic on masonite
"untitled"
1988 $1200 framed sold |
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