Biografie von DeWitt Clinton III PETERS (1902-1966)

Birth place: Monterey, CA

Death place: Palisade, NY

Addresses: Monterey, CA; Pomona, NY; Haiti

Profession: Painter, teacher

Studied: with his father, Charles Rollo Peters; ASL; Paris, with Leger and Sterner

Exhibited: 1930s in Monterey

Work: City of Monterey, CA

Comments: Named for a great uncle and a cousin, he was the son of Charles Rollo Peters (see entry) and brother of Charles Rollo Peters III (see entry). As a young man he worked as a writer in NYC for several years, however he gave up writing for painting. In 1944, after serving in WWII, he established a free art school in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, which launched the Haitian art movement. Among his students were Hector Hyppolite, Philome Obin, Rigaud Bemoit, and Tousaint Auguste.

Sources: PHF files