Stevenson Magloire
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Stevenson Magloire was a famous artist
and painter
born on August 16, 1963 in Pétionville
, Haiti
. He was an important contributor to the School of Saint Soleil art movement. His paintings are bold and expressionistic, frequently incorporating people, birds, and Vodou and Christian
symbolism.
. Uncommon in Haiti, his given name was so frequently misspelled as "Stivenson" by registration clerks and school officials, that he eventually used that spelling himself. Magloire was the son of another famous Haitian artist, Louisiane Saint Fleurant
, and his brother, Ramphis, also chose art as an avocation
. Already a collectable artist by the mid-1990s, Magloire was assassinated
on October 9, 1994. He was stoned to death by paramilitary
attachés of the Raoul Cédras
military junta
while walking on the street in Port-au-Prince
. His death was memorialized by his friend, Richard A. Morse
, in the ballad Ayizan, released by the rasin
band RAM
on their second album, Puritan Vodou, in 1997.
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
and painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
born on August 16, 1963 in Pétionville
Pétionville
Pétion-Ville is a commune and a suburb of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the hills east and separate of the city itself on the northern hills of the Massif de la Selle. It was named after Alexandre Sabès Pétion , the Haitian general and president later recognized as one of the country's four founding...
, Haiti
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...
. He was an important contributor to the School of Saint Soleil art movement. His paintings are bold and expressionistic, frequently incorporating people, birds, and Vodou and Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
symbolism.
Background
Magloire was named after Adlai Stevenson, a politician in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Uncommon in Haiti, his given name was so frequently misspelled as "Stivenson" by registration clerks and school officials, that he eventually used that spelling himself. Magloire was the son of another famous Haitian artist, Louisiane Saint Fleurant
Louisiane Saint Fleurant
Louisiane Saint Fleurant , was a master Haitian female artist and painter; She was a founder of the peasant Saint Soleil art movement....
, and his brother, Ramphis, also chose art as an avocation
Avocation
An avocation is an activity that one engages in as a hobby outside one's main occupation. There are many examples of people whose professions were the ways that they made their livings, but for whom their activities outside of their workplaces were their true passions in life...
. Already a collectable artist by the mid-1990s, Magloire was assassinated
Assassination
To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...
on October 9, 1994. He was stoned to death by paramilitary
Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not considered part of a state's formal armed forces....
attachés of the Raoul Cédras
Raoul Cédras
Raoul Cédras is a former military officer, and was de facto ruler of Haiti from 1991 to 1994.-Background:Cédras was educated in the United States and was a member of the US-trained Leopard Corps...
military junta
Military junta
A junta or military junta is a government led by a committee of military leaders. The term derives from the Spanish language junta meaning committee, specifically a board of directors...
while walking on the street in Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince
Port-au-Prince is the capital and largest city of the Caribbean nation of Haiti. The city's population was 704,776 as of the 2003 census, and was officially estimated to have reached 897,859 in 2009....
. His death was memorialized by his friend, Richard A. Morse
Richard Auguste Morse
Richard Auguste Morse is a Puerto Rican-born Haitian-American musician and hotel manager currently residing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Morse manages the Hotel Oloffson, and is the founder of a mizik rasin band, RAM, named after his initials. Morse is married to the band's lead female vocalist,...
, in the ballad Ayizan, released by the rasin
Mizik rasin
Rasin is a musical movement that began in Haïti in 1987 when musicians began combining elements of traditional Haïtian vodou ceremonical and folkloric music with rock and roll. This style of modern music reaching back to the roots of vodou tradition came to be called mizik rasin in Kreyòl or...
band RAM
RAM (band)
RAM is a mizik rasin band based in the city of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The band derives its name from the initials of its founder, songwriter, and lead male vocalist, Richard A. Morse. The band's music has been described by Morse as "Vodou rock 'n' roots", and has been one of the prominent bands...
on their second album, Puritan Vodou, in 1997.