Wilfrid Daleus Art for Sale at Auction

b. 1949 - d. 2017

Joseph Wilfrid Daleus (November 20, 1949 – December 10, 2017), sometimes called Joseph Daleus, or Wilfrid Daleus, was a Haitian painter born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

Daleus was a completely self taught Haitian artist with no formal art training, beginning to paint before he was even a teenager and selling his first painting at the age of 10. It is said that Daleus would often credit God for his artistic abilities. He also owned his own gallery, “Daleus Museum and Art Gallery,” in northern Miami, Florida. And while Daleus painted a variety of subjects, always relating to Haiti, he also did a number of paintings specifically featuring Haitian vodou ceremonies. In 2017, Daleus passed away on December 10 at the Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, Florida at the age of 68 after battling complications with diabetes and respiratory problems.