Ismaël's legacy
Subtitle: Artibonite school of art
By: Bernard Diederich ; photographs by Phillippe Diederich
Contributors: Diederich, Phillippe, 1964- photographer
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Haiti]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9789997042378
Subjects: Art schools; Catalogs; Painters; Black Artists; Painting; Haitian Art
Other titles: Artibonite school of art
Description: An introduction to Ismaël Saincilus and his "Artibonite School of Art". The Artibonite Valley, a major agricultural region in Haiti is also a center for grassroots cultural movements including the arts and voodoo practices. It is here that the late world-renown Haitian artist Ismaël Saincilus (1940-2000) developed his school with more than 90 gifted Haitian artists, many of whom are highlighted in this book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.