Micius Stephane

Micius Stephane
Born1912 (1912)
Bainet, Sud-Est, Haiti
Died1996 (aged 83–84)
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
OccupationsVisual artist, shoe maker
Known forPainting, sculptor

Micius Stephane (1912 – 1996) was a Haitian visual artist. 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. Stephane was of the first generation Haitian painters, and he also worked as a shoe maker, and sculptor. He worked at the Centre D'Art art center in Port-au-Prince starting in 1946. His earlier work was more overtly political. In his later career, his work focus on everyday genre scenes.

Stephane died in 1996, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

His work is in the museum collection at Bryan University in Tempe, Arizona.

Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ "Stephane, Micius", Benezit Dictionary of Artists, Oxford University Press, October 31, 2011, doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00175516, retrieved March 3, 2026
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  3. ↑ Castagno, John (1997). Latin American Artists' Signatures and Monograms: Colonial Era to 1996. Scarecrow Press. p. 582. ISBN 978-0-8108-3293-0.
  4. 1 2 3 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.
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  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Micius Stephane, Bourgeois Family". Bryant Art.