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Préfète Duffaut
Haitian painter
Préfète Duffaut | |
|---|---|
| Born | ()1 January Cyvadier, Haiti |
| Died | 6 October () (aged&#;89) Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Nationality | Haitian |
| Known&#;for | Painting |
| Style | Naïve |
| Movement | Vernacular art |
Préfète Duffaut (1 January &#; 6 October )[1] was a Haitianpainter.
Biography
Born in Cyvadier, Sud-Est, near the seaport of Jacmel, where he lived and worked.[citation needed] The painter Pauleus Vital (–) was Duffaut's half-brother, the painter Jean Charles Duffaut (*) is his son.
Duffaut's mother died when he was two years old, and he was mostly raised by his father, a sailboat builder in Jacmel.[2]
In , he introduced himself to Rigaud Benoit who was then visiting Jacmel as a talent scout fro the recently created Centre d'Art of Port-au-Prince.[2] In , encouraged by Bill Kraus - an American journalist and artist living in Haiti, Duffaut joined the Centre d'Art in the Haitian capital.