Michel-Jean Cazabon
(1813-1888)
Trinidad and Tobago painter
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Michel-Jean Cazabon (September 20, 1813 – November 20, 1888) is regarded as the first great Trinidadian painter and is Trinidad's first internationally known artist. He is also known as the layman painter. He is renowned for his paintings of Trinidad scenery and for his portraits of planters, merchants and their families in the 19th century. Cazabon's paintings are to be cherished not only for their beauty but also their historical importance: his painting has left us with a clear picture of the many aspects of life in Trinidad through much of the 19th century.
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20 September 1813
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| Died |
20 November 1888 (aged 75)
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| Zodiac | Virgo |
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