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Denis Vergin
Denis Vergin was associated with the Haitian Centre d’Art when it was established in 1947. Previously there had been no art galleries or art schools in the country. Vergin was a part of a group of artists called the Foyer des Artes Plastiques and later part of a group of artists who did work that was called the Réalisme de Cruaute (The Realism of Cruelty)
The Haitian art Centre was destroyed in the earthquake of January 2010, but much of the collection was preserved with the help of the Smithsonian Museum.
Marmie Hess collected this work and donated it to the U of L art collection. She kept careful records about many of the works in her collection, so we know that she had travelled to Haiti in 1947 and acquired the work from an exhibition at the Haitian Arts Centre. This work was also reproduced in the book,‘The Black Republic” by Seldon Rotman, and Marmie noted that she bought this artwork on his advice. Marmie left a bequest of more than 1000 artworks created by many different artists to the University of Lethbridge in 2017. More than half of these works are by BIPOC artists and really enrich our collection.
The Haitian art Centre was destroyed in the earthquake of January 2010, but much of the collection was preserved with the help of the Smithsonian Museum.
Marmie Hess collected this work and donated it to the U of L art collection. She kept careful records about many of the works in her collection, so we know that she had travelled to Haiti in 1947 and acquired the work from an exhibition at the Haitian Arts Centre. This work was also reproduced in the book,‘The Black Republic” by Seldon Rotman, and Marmie noted that she bought this artwork on his advice. Marmie left a bequest of more than 1000 artworks created by many different artists to the University of Lethbridge in 2017. More than half of these works are by BIPOC artists and really enrich our collection.