Jean-Baptiste Bottex (June 24, 1918 – May 28, 1979) was a

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

an painter. Hailing from

Port Margot Port-Margot ( ht, Pò Mago) is a commune in the Borgne Arrondissement, in the Nord department of Haiti. It has 36,937 inhabitants. Communal Sections The commune consists of six communal sections, namely: * Grande Plaine, rural * Bas Petit Bo ...

in northern Haiti, Bottex painted scenes from the

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and daily Haitian life. His works were of the Naïve style and were displayed at the

Centre d'Art Le Centre d’Art, also known as Centre d’Art d'Haïti, is an art center, art school and art gallery located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. It was founded in 1944 by American watercolorist DeWitt Peters and several prominent Haitians from the intelle ...

. His younger brother,

Seymour Bottex Seymour Etienne Bottex (24 December 1922 - 16 May 2016) was a Haitian painter. Born in Port-Margot, in northern Haiti, Bottex worked as a photographer until 1955 when his older brother Jean-Baptiste encouraged him to begin painting. He joined the Ce ...

, (born 1922) is also a noted painter.

References

* 1918 births 1979 deaths 20th-century Haitian painters 20th-century Haitian male artists Haitian male painters {{Haiti-painter-stub