Jean-Claude Garoute, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean-Claude Garoute

Haitian painter and sculptor

Date of Birth: 09-Dec-1935

Place of Birth: Jérémie, Grand'Anse, Haiti

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: artist, painter, sculptor

Nationality: Haiti

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Jean-Claude Garoute

  • Jean-Claude "Tiga" Garoute (December 9, 1935 – December 14, 2006) was a Haitian painter and sculptor.
  • Born in Jérémie, Garoute co-founded a museum of ceramic art in Haiti named Poto-Mitan.
  • An abstract painter, he participated in art festivals throughout the world. Tiga and Maud Guerdes Robard founded the Saint-Soleil post-naïve school of Haitian painting.
  • The school was born when they offered farmers in Soisson-La-Montagne, a rural area near Port-au-Prince, drawing and painting materials.
  • Out of the movement came such painters as Levoy Exil, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, St-Jean, and Dieuseul Paul to name a few.
  • The movement drew the eye of French author André Malraux who dedicated a chapter to it in his book L'Intemporel. In the late 80's Tiga also created Kaytiga, a gallery and cultural center where he taught children and adults art through his Rotation Artistique (Artistic Rotation) method.
  • The method consisted of letting pupils roam freely from clay to drums to paint to ink.
  • Kaytiga had various addresses in Pétion-Ville, a suburb of Port-au-Prince, over the years and eventually moved to Delmas, another suburb of Port-au-Prince. In his own paintings, Tiga often used his "Solèy Brile" method, a combination of ink and acid. Tiga died in December 2006 in Florida after suffering from cancer.
  • Haiti's February 2007 carnival was dedicated to him and embraced the theme Solèy Leve (Risen Sun) to evoke the Saint-Soleil movement he co-created.Some of the alumni of Poto-Mitan include Haitian painters Philippe Dodard and Occenad.
  • Brooklyn-based singer Riva Nyri Précil is an alumna of Kaytiga.

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