Ralph Allen (painter, born 1952)
Ralph Allen (born 1952) is a Haitian painter. Born in Port-au-Prince, Allen was awarded a scholarship to the National Academy of Design's School of Fine Arts in New York City. His paintings have been exhibited at the Loeb Center at New York University, the National Audubon Society, and at his alma mater, the National Academy of Design. Early years. Ralph Allen was born on June 14, 1952. He studied in Port-au-Prince at the Colleges St. Martial, Max Penette and Bird. Career. In 1971 he left Haiti for New York. He  received a scholarship to the National Academy School of Fine Arts, where he studied drawing, painting, graphic arts and sculpture. He won The Albert H. Baldin Award, the Lucrecia Bori Award, and the Dr. Ralph Weiler Award. In 1972 he represented the Haitian Arts at the New-York University Loeb Center. In 1975 his works were accepted by the Annual Exhibition of the National Academy of Design, the Audubon Artists of America, and the American Watercolor Society. His work was selected for a traveling exhibition throughout the U.S. and Australia. He met artists like Charles White, Jacob Lawrence, Avel deKnight  and discovered Afro-American painting. He exhibited with fellow students of the Academy at the Ringwood Manor Museum in New Jersey and the Pioneer Gallery in Cooperstown. In 1976 he returned to Haiti where he exhibits in group shows.