Created in 1944 under the impetus of the American watercolorist, DeWitt Peters, and several Haitian intellectuals, Le Centre d’Art has a fundamental role in the history of Haitian painting. This institution, which received public interest status in 1947, was started when there were still no galleries or public initiative art schools in Haiti. Historically, Le Centre d’Art has simultaneously been an educational center, gallery and reference institution for the promotion of Haitian art
