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Rigaud Benoit was born in He may have been the son of Justin and Roselle (Cetoute) Benoit.

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Rigaud Benoit (Haitian, - ) Rigaud Benoit was an early member of the Haitian art movement known as Naive Art, so-called because of its members' limited formal training. The movement was first recognized and promoted by the Centre d'Art, founded in by the American Quaker and World War II conscientious objector Dewitt Peters.

Rigaud was an early member of the Haitian art movement known as Naive Art, first recognized and promoted by the Centre d'Art, and so-called because of its members' limited formal training.

Rigaud's paintings rapidly became among the most highly sought of any Haitian artist.

In the early s, Benoit was one of a handful of artists asked to decorate the interior of the Cathedral of Sainte Trinité; his great mural, Nativity, stood above the high altar.

(The cathedral and its many masterpieces were all but totally destroyed in the January earthquake.)

Rigaud worked slowly, typically producing fewer than half-a-dozen pieces a year. Following a near-fatal automobile accident early in , his production declined further. Some of Benoit's later work was surrealistic, though he continued to produce narrative scenes of Haitian life until his death in By the time of his death, Rigaud had attained a measure of financial security, owning a comfortable cottage on the outskirts of the Haitian capital.

Rigaud benoit biography of martin luther Benoit married the daughter of his friend, the legendary Hector Hyppolite, the first Haitian artist to win international recognition — and still the most acclaimed — in international art circles. They had four children. Three of them — Yves Lafontant and Jacques Dorce, both adopted, and Rigaud Benoit, fils — are also accomplished artists.

Rigaud is said to have married the daughter of his friend, the legendary Haitian artist Hector Hyppolite, a widow with two sons:

1. Yves Lafontant (b. 31 Jan , Port-au-Prince, Haiti) - His mother married Rigaud Benoit, when he was young, which exposed hms to high quality art very early in his life. He did his first painting at age 12 and later studied at l'Academie des Artes Plastiques.

   In he went to the United States and studied Art and English at Brooklyn College. His work has been described as "modern primitive"; his subject matter is all of Haitian life, spanning the two centuries of Haiti's existence.

   Rigaud benoit biography of martin lawrence Rigaud Benoit (Haitian, - ) Rigaud Benoit was an early member of the Haitian art movement known as Naive Art, so-called because of its members' limited formal training. The movement was first recognized and promoted by the Centre d'Art, founded in by the American Quaker and World War II conscientious objector Dewitt Peters.

1. Jacques Dorcé (b. , Haiti) became a member of the Centre d'Art in Jacques was influenced by his stepfather, Rigaud Benoit. His paintings were among the first selection of Haitian art sold at the Parke-Bernet Galleries in New York (22 May ). He later moved to Los Angeles, California.

Rigaud and his wife also had two children together:

1. Flis Rigaud Benoit, also an artist.

1. Castelneau Benoit (b) who now lives in Montreal, Canada.
   Rigaud benoit biography of martin Rigaud Benoit (–) had become one of the three or four most highly prized Haitian artists well before his death. A native of Port-au-Prince, Benoit had been a shoemaker, musician, and taxi driver before making his living as a painter. He had also supplemented his income by painting pottery pieces he rarely signed or acknowledged.

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