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Hector Hyppolite (1894-1948), Flowers on Table, 1946, Haitian. Oil on board. 62.2 x 45.7 cm. Courtesy of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, Wis (http://www.mam.org); gift of Richard and Erna Flagg.

Haitian painter Hector Hyppolite (1894-1948) was inspired by the spiritual. Like his grandfather and father, he practiced as a houngan (vodou priest). Vodou, Haiti's principal religion, was brought to the island by African slaves and syncretized with Roman Catholicism. This belief system is a vital part of Haitian culture and reverberates in its artwork.

For most of his 54 years, Hyppolite lived a quiet and unassuming life in his native St Marc on the western coast of the island (JAMA cover, October 2, 2002). Although he worked as a shoemaker's apprentice and cut sugarcane in Cuba, he was often destitute. However, his true passion was painting and he painted with whatever was at hand: . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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