Edgard Brierre (Haitian, b.1933)

Haitian painter Edgard Brierre was born in Port-au-Prince on December 3, 1933. He is the older brother of the artist Murat Brierre. After primary school at Centre d'Apprentissage de St Martin and some private instruction from M. Darcet François, he entered the profession of the tailor. Rigaud Benoit and his established younger brother, Murat, encouraged him to enroll in the Centre d'Art in early 1967. (Source: Haiti Voodoo Kingdom to Modern Riviera by John Allen Franciscus, pp. 56)

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