Alexandre Grégoire (August 29, 1922 – July 28, 2001) was a

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an painter who typically depicted scenes of Vodou, daily life, and historical events in the naïve style. Born in Jacmel, Grégoire was educated from 1930 to 1937 by the Christian Teaching Brothers, and then studied cabinet making at the Jacmel vocational school for two years. In 1939 he joined the army and played the tuba and

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in the army band. He stayed in the army until the 1950s; during the presidency of

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he left the military and joined the band at the

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. In 1968, with the encouragement of his friends Préfete Duffaut and Pierre-Joseph Valcin and the help of the

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, Grégoire began painting. Paintings by Alexandre Grégoire have been sold by the

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to raise funds for the

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, located in

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External links

Paintings by Alexandre Grégoire at Friends of Hopital Albert Schweitzer

References

* * 1922 births 2001 deaths Haitian artists People from Jacmel 20th-century Haitian painters 20th-century male artists Haitian male painters Haitian military personnel {{Haiti-painter-stub