Jean-Claude Garoute (TIGA) 7.5"x4.5" Red Abstract 1995 Mixed Media on Board - Collector's Item#1MF

This red abstract painting is a unique 7 1/2"x 4 1/2" collector's item signed and dated "TIGA 95" by the late Haitian master on the lower right corner. Jean-Claude "Tiga" Garoute (December 9, 1935 – December 2006) was a famous Haitian painter and sculptor. Born in Jérémie, Garoute co-founded a museum of ceramic art in Haiti named Poto-Mitan. An abstract painter, he participated in art festivals throughout the world.Tiga and Maud Guerdes Robard founded the Saint-Soleil post-naïve school of Haitian painting. The school was born when they offered farmers in Soisson-La-Montagne, a rural area near Port-au-Prince, drawing and painting materials. Out of the movement came such painters as Levoy Exil, Louisiane Saint Fleurant, St-Jean, and Dieuseul Paul to name a few. The movement drew the eye of French author André Malraux, who dedicated a chapter to it in his book L'Intemporel.Tiga also created Kaytiga, a gallery and cultural center where he taught children and adults art through his Rotation