Painter Rigaud Benoit died 40 years ago
By NAGO News
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Forty years ago, on October 29, 1986, Rigaud Benoit died. Born on November 1, 1911, in Port-au-Prince, he was one of the painters discovered by the Centre d'Art.
At the Centre d'Art
Rigaud Benoit discovered painting at the Centre d'Art in Port-au-Prince, founded in 1944 by American Dewitt Peters. He married the daughter of his friend, painter Hector Hyppolite.
The Nativity of Saint Trinity Church
In 1950, he was part of a group of artists, including Castera Bazile, Philomé Obin, Préfète Duffaut, Toussaint Auguste, and Wilson Bigaud, tasked with decorating the Saint Trinity Cathedral of the Episcopal Church in Port-au-Prince. He painted the Nativity above the altar. The building was destroyed by the earthquake on January 12, 2010.
A Name in Space
Since 2009, a crater on the planet Mercury bears the name Benoit in his honor.
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