Here is Dewitt Peters in 1944 in the Centre d'Art Haitien

Founded in 1944, by the American teacher Dewitt Peters, The Centre d'Art Haitien help in the development in artists such as Hector Hyppolite,Castera Bazile and Philome Obin.

A larger percentage of the artists came from the lower class in Haiti. They have been the greatest contribution of the Haitian culture with their art created with the support of the Centre d'Art to Haitian culture and to Haitian society.