Préféte Duffaut

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Préféte Duffaut was a renowned Haitian painter celebrated for his imaginative, dreamlike cityscapes and significant contributions to Haitian naïve art.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Haitian painter
painter
person
activeYearsEnd 2010s
activeYearsStart 1940s
countryOfCitizenship Haiti
dateOfBirth 1923-01-01
dateOfDeath 2012-10-06
depicts harbors and coastal scenes
imaginary cities
mountainous landscapes
winding paths and stairways
ethnicGroup Black Haitian
familyName Duffaut
fieldOfWork painting
gender male
genre cityscape painting
landscape painting
givenName Préféte
hasOccupation painter
visual artist
hasWorkInCollection Centre d’Art, Port-au-Prince
international private collections
influenced Haitian naïve painters
influencedBy Haitian Vodou visual culture
languageOfWorkOrName French
Haitian Creole
movement Haitian naïve art
naïve art
name Préféte Duffaut
nationality Haitian
nativeLanguage Haitian Creole
notableFor contributions to Haitian naïve art
depictions of Jacmel
dreamlike cityscapes
fantastical landscapes
imaginative cityscapes
notableWork Ville Imaginaire
partOf Haitian art movement
placeOfBirth Jacmel, Haiti
placeOfDeath Port-au-Prince, Haiti
religion Roman Catholicism
style dreamlike
imaginative
symbolic
workLocation Jacmel, Haiti
Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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