Antoine Obin

Antoine Obin was born on March 29, 1929, in Cap-Haitien. Son of Philomé and student of his father, he joined the Centre d'Art in 1946. He continues in the pictorial primitive tradition of his father, painting full-time in Cap-Haitien until his death in 1992. Many Haitian art lovers collect his art. "Influenced by the strictness of his father, Philome Obin, Obin was nevertheless, able to emancipate himself from the representation of detail," says Gerald Alexis in his book "Peintres Haitiens."