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Artists’ Biographies 2
Dambreville, Claude was born on December 17, 1934 in Port-au-Prince. He started painting after directing the radio station, Radio Tropiques, for 14 years. In 1968, he joined the Centre d’Art in Port-au-Prince where he learned and perfected his internationally-known painting style. Using a subdued color palette of grays and blues unlike most Haitian painting, Dambreville depicts the grace, strength, and dignity of Haitian market people. Dambreville is also a writer and journalist.
Delouis, Jean-Louis was born in 1961 in Petite Rivière, Haiti. Delouis was influenced by Ismaël for 15 years, but never had formal painting lessons. He saw people painting, and liked it. He started making decorative paintings for money, but gradually began to paint carefully executed scenes from his imagination. He mainly paints portraits of Haitian women, not from live models, but from his imagination. He is self-taught and has a special gift for mixing colors. A devout Jehovah’s Witness, he prays, studies the bible for his inspiration, and works many hours in the church. He is married and has a 5 year old little girl.
Dorléus, Alix was born in 1958 in Petite Rivière, Haiti. Dorléus is one of many who studied under the late, great Saincilus Ismaël. Ismaël’s Byzantine style can be seen in Dorléus’ work in the great detail and patterns in clothing and foliage. Like Ismaël, Dorléus was given much support by Mrs. Gwen Mellon, and he sold his first painting to Gallery Monnin in Port-au-Prince. Dorléus paints all day long, and will paint anywhere he feels the spirit to motivate him. His best paintings are detailed depictions, like activity maps, of daily life in the Artibonite Valley.