Hector Hyppolite

Haitian | 1894 - 1948

Hector Hyppolite was a Haitian Impressionist & Modern painter who was born in 1894. Numerous key galleries and museums such as National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. have featured Hector Hyppolite's work in the past.Hector Hyppolite's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 6,875 USD to 365,400 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2001 the record price for this artist at auction is 365,400 USD for Damballah La Flambeau (also known as Aida-Qu茅do and The Snake Goddess Ayida-Wedo), sold at Christie's New York in 2022. Hector Hyppolite has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Hyperallergic in March 2025. The artist died in 1948.

At Auction

Notable Lots

The Young Damballa

By Hector Hyppolite

Déjeuner ,1947

By Hector Hyppolite

+27%

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La Dame en vert - La Sir猫ne - Hector Hyppolite

La Dame en vert - La Sirène ,1947

By Hector Hyppolite

+25%

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Recent Auction Results

Chémen Grésié

By Hector Hyppolite

+298%

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Untitled ,1940

By Hector Hyppolite

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La courtisane ,1947

By Hector Hyppolite

+368%

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Past Exhibitions

Revolutions: Art From The Hirshhorn Collection, 1860鈥�1960

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution

National Mall | Washington D.C. | District Of Columbia | USA

Mar 22,2024 - Apr 20,2025

Spirit & Strength: Modern Art from Haiti

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Washington D.C. | District Of Columbia | USA

Sep 29,2024 - Mar 09,2025

Ayiti Toma II: Faith, Family, and Resistance

Luhring Augustine, Tribeca

Tribeca | New York | USA

Nov 02,2024 - Jan 11,2025

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Articles

Hyperallergic 05/03/2025

Collectors John Fox Sullivan and his late wife Beverly Sullivan gave more than 100 works by renowned 20th-century and contemporary artists to the Fralin Museum.

ArtDaily 04/11/2024

Ayiti Toma II is part of an ongoing series, conceived by Tomm El-Saieh, that explores Haitian art and culture.

The Washington Post 23/10/2024

Marginalized for decades, key works by some of the country鈥檚 most renowned painters finally take their rightful place in the museum鈥檚 permanent collection.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Hyppolite chose instead to work in his own hut near the waterfront, and began to paint tirelessly... 鈥�
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Art Museum of the Americas

鈥� ..Indeed this was just a beginning of the highly prolific and unfortunately brief period (3 years) of artistic production that Hyppolite embarked on until his death in 1948 of an apparent heart attack, during... 鈥�
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Art Museum of the Americas

鈥� ..Hyppolite embraced a free-form approach for which subject matter held a far greater significance than linear precision... 鈥�
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Art Museum of the Americas

鈥� ..A year later, Peters tracked down the artist, inviting Hyppolite to move into the Centre and paint... 鈥�
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Art Museum of the Americas