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Haitian painter Préfète Duffaut left has died

Haitian painter Préfète Duffaut, the celebrated artist whose long career was associated with the Centre d’Art, died on October 6 at the Hospital St Louis of Port-au-Prince. He was 89.

Duffaut, born on 1 January 1923 in Cyvadier, near Jacmel joined the Centre d’Art in 1948. He joined his vibrant talent to that of Hector Hyppolite and Castera Bazile to create some of the earliest masterpieces of Haitian naive art. In 1950 he participated in the creation of the frescoes of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, unfortunately destroyed during the earthquake of January 2010, with his “The Temptation of Christ” and “The Processional Road” (also referred to as the “Procession of the Cross”).

After the January 2012 earthquake, Duffaut chronicled the lives of those living around him with him in makeshift tents…

Damn, I had no idea. Where the hell have I been hiding? I was probably 6 or 7 when I met this man. He was one of my childhood idols. I was enamored with his signature style.

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