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Born in
jacmel on January 1st, 1923, Prefete was an unhappy
child who took to draw at an early age. He joined the
Centre D'Art in 1948 giving up assisting his sailboat-building
father. Renowned for his mountainous landscapes with
serpentine roads, Prefete Duffaut is often called a
"primitive" painter; others refer to him as
"naive". His mural at the Holy Trinity Cathedral
in Port-au-prince is a vivid testimony of his enormous
talent. Jackie Kennedy Onassis was a collector of Duffaut's
paintings. His work is part of several major museums
permanent collections all over the world including THE
Museum Of Modern Art in New York and The Museum of Modern
Art in Brooklyn. Prefete Duffaut is a "must have"
to any serious Haitian art collector. He lives in Haiti
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