Bourgeois Family

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The following artwork has been donated by Gladys Kinoian Lujan '56.

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Bourgeois Family

Micius Stephane

Born 1912, Bainet, Haiti

Stephane is considered one of Haiti’s eminent ”primitive” artists, charmingly depicting Haitian family life in flat broad strokes. His colors are carefully chosen to complement a canvas’s subjects, which are so often disproportionate.

After Stephane met DeWitt Peters in 1945, he began to paint at the Centre d’Art and subsequently exhibited in the U.S. and Europe between the years 1961 and 1979.

--Text by Gladys Kinoian Lujan, Class of ’56, Bryant College

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21" x 24", oil painting. Artist: Micius Stephane (b. 1912, Bainet, Haiti - d. 1996, Haiti.) Micius Stephane practiced Naive (primitive) art. This artwork is based on folk art traditions and most artists don't have formal training. He has a son, Peters Stephane, and a daughter, Edith Stephane, who are also painters with styles influenced by their father. His work is featured in the following books: Where Art is Joy - Haitian Art: The First Forty Years, Island on Fire: Passionate Images of Haiti from the Collection of Jonathan Demme, and Haitian Art.