Claude Dambreville (Haitian, 1934-2021)

Claude Dambreville was born in Port-au-Prince on December 17, 1934, and died on March 15, 2021. He studied accounting and worked for some months as a trainee at the “ Haiti Journal” newspaper. He was also the director of a broadcasting station “ Radio Tropiques” for ten years. Author of over 100 tales and short stories, he is also a humorous writer. He studied drawing and painting at the School ABC in Paris, at the Art Center, and with his father-in-law, the late Haitian artist Pétion Savain. He has exhibited internationally. "Dambreville's work is essentially based on the play of shadow and light" (Peintres Haitiens by Gerald Alexis). Get the Book Now!