Personality · Visual arts
Photographer · Photojournalist · Painter
📍 Birthplace Bainet
November 4, 1926 – October 29, 2018
Haiti
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Gérald Bloncourt, also known as Gérard Bloncourt, was a Haitian painter and photographer resident in the suburbs of Paris, France. Born in the small city of Bainet, in Haiti's Sud-Est department, Bloncourt was a founding member of the Centre d'Art. He was involved with La Ruche, a Haitian youth journal of revolutionary art and politics, and was one of the instigators of the revolt which toppled Haitian president Élie Lescot in 1946. He subsequently went into exile in France, where he became "the most important photographer of the French workers’ movement" according to Michael Löwy. Besides painting watercolors and frescoes, he also did etchings and drawings. He died on 29 October 2018 at the age of 91.
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Main works
Dialogue au bout des vagues · 2008
Covers: Open Library and Cover Art Archive, where available; other titles are shown without their cover.
Career
- 2008Dialogue au bout des vaguesWork
- 2008Medal of the City of ParisDistinction
- 2011Chevalier des Arts et des LettresDistinction
- 2015Commander of the Order of Prince HenryDistinction
- 2015Knight of the Legion of HonourDistinction
Distinctions
- 2008Medal of the City of Paris
- 2011Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
- 2015Commander of the Order of Prince Henry
- 2015Knight of the Legion of Honour
Places
- Birthplace
- Bainet
- Languages
- French
Official links and sources
Information from
- Wikidata, Q3123601 (CC0)
- Photo: Florocky, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Covers: Open Library and Cover Art Archive, where available; other titles are shown without their cover.