Luckner lazard biography of william hill
Lazard, Luckner - Stokes Haitian Art...
Luckner Lazard was born In Port-au-Prince, Haiti on July 7, 1928, and died in Jacmel in 1998.
Luckner lazard biography of william hill
From 1945 to 1950, he studied painting and sculpture at the Centre d’Art under the direction of Dewitt Peters, Albert Mangones, Lucien Price, and John Seley before receiving a scholarship in 1951 to study in Paris, France.Lazard came back to Haiti and settled in Carrefour, where he hosted a gathering of artists every Friday and Saturday.
In 1956, It was at one of these gatherings that the group, consisting of the noted artists Dieudonné Cédor, Roland Dorcely, Jean-Claude Garoute, (Ti-Ga), Jacques Gabriel and Néhémy Jean conceived the idea of opening their gallery, the Brochette Gallery.
These sophisticated artists were looking to distance themselves from the naive painters and the “Foyer des Arts Plastiques”. Lazard managed the gallery for several years and then settled in NY in 1977. Lazard was awarded the first prize in a contest sponsored by