SINCE 1974

A Haitian Art Gallery

Fritzner Chery was born in Bainet, Haiti on April 14, 1947. He came to Port-au-Prince at age 10 and studied to be an auto mechanic after completing school. In 1963 he began working at the Galerie Monnin on the Grand Rue as a framer and packer. He would make you a beautiful package no matter what the size or shape. And he was always smiling, except when you were trying to take his picture. In 1986 he began painting, inspired by his neighbor, the painter Paul Beauvoir and by J. E. Gourgue, a friend. He lost interest after a year or so but continued to work at the gallery . In 1995 he began to paint again and developed into one of the best of the dwindling number of untrained Haitian artists, although he has not yet quit his day job, perhaps because he has twelve children.

On July 15, 2013 Fritzner passed away, felled by diabetes. He was an institution at the gallery, a cheerful constant.
Bon Voyage, Fritzner, mesi ampil. We will miss you.