Xavier Amiama (1910-1969) 10.25"x7.75" UNTITLED 1939 Pencil & Ink on Paper Framed Drawing Framed #41-3-96MFN

Xavier Amiama, the late famous painter, created this rare miniature vintage 10.25"x8" series of drawings of a man under a lantern made in black & white ink and pencil. It is in fair condition, signed & dated Nov 1939, in the lower right corner, framed in its original brown frame, and will be shipped from New York from the private collection of Myriam F. Nader. Xavier Amiama was born in 1910 in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and died in Haiti in 1969. After numerous single artist shows in Santo Domingo, Amiama settled in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1936 to teach painting. He encouraged Pétion Savain to participate in the 1939 New York World’s Fair. Amiama was among the original members of the Art Center and participated in several of its group exhibitions. In June of 1945, he held a single-artist show at the Art Center and exhibited with American army veterans in March 1951. (Peinture Haitienne /Haitian Arts by Marie-José Nadal and Gérald Bloncourt) Own a piece of art by