M. Desrosiers

M. Desrosiers was born on March 22, 1927 in Port-au-Prince.  After graduating from high school, he became a Customhouse Surveyor.  In 1955, he became a member of the school Foyer des Arts Plastiques that was formed by a group of sophisticated artists who were dissatisfied with how issues affecting Haitian painters were addressed.  Desrosiers won a bronze medal at the National Art Exhibition organized by the tourism office in 1959.  He exhibited in the Win-Ding Festival of Chicago in 1963, and at Art Expo in 1967.  He is listed in Eva Pataki's book, "Haitian Painting Art in Kitsch," and illustration of his paintings can be seen in John Allen Franciscus’ book, “Haiti Voodoo Kingdom To Modern Riviera” and in Clovis Desinor’s book, “Haiti: The First Negro Republic in the New World”.  Desrosiers has exhibited in the USA, and at many galleries in Haiti and Europe.

[Biographic notes from Haitian Painting at http://www.haitianpainting.com.]

Selected M. Desrosiers Links:
Haitian Painting
Galerie Macondo

	Village Scene, c. 1970's 8 x 20 inches, Oil on Canvas, Framed $750
	Above, the painting is shown both in and out of its current (and original) rustic frame. The artist's signature (in the bottom right corner of the painting) is shown in the detail shot to the left.  As seen above, the painting's frame conceals this signature.