Philomé Obin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Philomé Obin

Haitian artist

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1892

Place of Birth: Limbé, Nord, Nord, Haiti

Date of Death: 06-Aug-1986

Profession: painter

Nationality: Haiti

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Philomé Obin (July 20, 1892 – August 6, 1986) was a Haitian painter.
Born in Cap-Haïtien, Obin was the third child of Mr.
and Mrs.
Obénard Obin.
He received rudimentary instruction in drawing as a boy and produced his first known painting when he was 16 in 1908.
He worked actively on his art for 75 years.Most of the paintings of Obin's first half-century—often on cardboard, sometimes on Masonite—are lost.
They were, in any event, unappreciated by middle-class Haitians who preferred works that aped French paintings; they did not value Obin's representations of Haitian street scenes or his visions of Haitian history.
The artist also painted murals and other decorative pieces for commercial establishments, fraternal organizations, and Protestant chapels in the beginning.