Jean-Baptiste Bottex
Jean-Baptiste Bottex was a Haitian painter.
Biography
Hailing from Port Margot, near Cap-Haitien in northern Haiti, Jean-Baptiste and his younger brother Seymour are descendants of the Haitian Generals of the Independence of the North - Raimond de Bottex, and his son Narcéus Bottex.Like Seymour, he worked for a time for the Galerie Issa in Port-au-Prince. Considered a naïve artist, his work is best known for its two separate styles:
- painting directly from social inspiration, often depicting daily Haitian life
- religious themes feature often in his work - as in his younger brother Seymour's work