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Pauleus Vital was a Haitian artist.!
Biography.Pauleus Vital
Pauleus Vital was a Haitian artist. He was born in Jacmel, in October 1917.[1] He grew up learning to build boats, and cabinets. At age 21 he moved to Port-au-Prince to further his building career.
At age 38, Vital started to paint, after his half-brother Prefete Duffaut, introduced him to Centre d’Art.[2] He spent 3 years at Centre d’Art, then moved back to Jacmel in 1959.[3] Much of the motivation for his work comes from his home by the river in Jacmel.[4] His work consists of detailed paintings, of everything from Haitian courtyards, countryside’s, and subterranean Vodou ceremonies.
Pauleus Vital was a Haitian artist.
His paintings are relatively small and vary in size from around 24”x20” and up to 24” x 48”. He died on June 18, 1984, at age 66, while undergoing heart surgery.[5]
Principal exhibitions and works
- Ceremony for Ogoun, 1996.
oil on board: 48” x 24”. from the Rodman Collection at Ramapo College of New Jersey in Mahwah New Jersey