Jean-Baptiste Bottex
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Jean-Baptiste Bottex was a Haiti
an painter. Hailing from Port Margot in northern Haiti, Bottex painted scenes from the Bible
and daily Haitian life. His works were of the Naïve
style and were displayed at the Centre d'Art. His younger brother, Seymour Bottex, was also a noted painter.
Haiti
Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
an painter. Hailing from Port Margot in northern Haiti, Bottex painted scenes from the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
and daily Haitian life. His works were of the Naïve
Naïve art
Naïve art is a classification of art that is often characterized by a childlike simplicity in its subject matter and technique. While many naïve artists appear, from their works, to have little or no formal art training, this is often not true...
style and were displayed at the Centre d'Art. His younger brother, Seymour Bottex, was also a noted painter.