The Lusher Gallery maintains an interest in the rich history of artwork derived from many of the additional islands located in the Caribbean basin, including: Anguilla, Antigua, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands (Anegada, Jost Van Dyke, Tortola, Virgin Gorda), Cayman Islands, Curaçao, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Martin [island divided between Saint-Martin (French) and Sint Maarten (Dutch)], St. Barts (a.k.a. Barths or Saint Barthélemy), St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas). The following is a partial list of artists with a connection to one (or more) of the above-referenced islands who are of interest to us:
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Francois Mathurin Adalbert (1805-1839), French, active in the Caribbean ca. early 1830s, including Cuba and Puerto Rico
Manuel Cuyàs Agulló (late 19th century), Catalan, active in Ponce, Puerto Rico
Gustave Alaux (1887-1965), French, active in the Caribbean ca. 1940s, including the Dominican Republic
Jose R. Alicea, (b.1928), Puerto Rican , active in the Caribbean (dates unknown)
Mahmoud Pharouk Alladin (1919-1980), Trinidadian, active in the Caribbean (dates unknown)
Edward H. Arden, R.N. (1843-1879), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1874-1878, including Antiqua, Barbados, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, and Trinidad
Anthony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon GCVO, RDI (British, 1930-2017), photographer known to have worked in the Caribbean (notably "Princess Margaret, Caribbean, 1960s", but exact locations unknown
Bernard Arosteguy, (1887-1956), French/Martinque, active in Martinique 1919-1956
Joseph Cromwell Assee (1927-2003), Trinidadian, active in Trinidad and Tobago until his move to England in the late-1950s
Sybil Marjorie Atteck (1911 − 1975), Trinidadian watercolorist
William Edward Atwood (1864-1933), American, in Bermuda 1920 (Bio here)
John James (Jean-Jacques) Audubon (1785 – 1851), born in the French colony of Saint-Domingue (now Les Cayes, Haiti)
Pio Casimiro Bacener (1840-1900), Puerto Rican
Albert E. “Beanie” Backus (1906-1991), active in the Caribbean ca. mid to late 1950s, including The Bahamas, Haiti, and Jamaica
Ada Balcacer (b.1930) , Dominican
Alexis Ballie (b.1930), Trinidadian
Ralph Baney (1929- 2014), Trinidadian
Vera Baney (1930-2008), Trinidadian
Leo Basso (1901-1982), Trinidadian
James Richmond Barthé (1901-1989), American, moved to Jamaica in 1947, then was also active in Haiti
Reynolds Beal (1867–1951), American (Bio here)
Romare Bearden (1911-1988), American, active in St. Martin and Barbados ca. early 1960s - 1980s
Maurice Becker (1889-1975), American, in Bequia, Grenada, and Trinidad 1917, 1921-1923 (Bio here)
Emheyo Bahabba (1937- 2015), Trinidadian
Romare Bearden (1911-1988), American, active in St. Martin ca. 1970s
Ferdinand Bellerman (1814-1889), German, possibly in Curacao or other Caribbean locales ca. 1842-1845
Jacques Nicholas Bellin (1703-1772), French, active in the Caribbean ca. 1840s
Pierre-Jacque Benois (1782-1854), Belgian, active in the Caribbean ca. 1850, including Guyana and Surinam
Harry Benson (b. 1929) Scottish, active in the Caribbean ca. mid-1960s, including Jamaica and the Dominican Republic
Charles Bentley (ca.1805-1854), British, active in Guyana ca. 1840
Carle John Blenner (1864–1952), American (Bio here)
Hans Bohrdt (1857-1945), German, active in Martinique and Trinidad (dates uncertain)
Rigobert Bonne (1727-1794), French, active in the Caribbean ca. 1780, including Bermuda, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Martinique, St. Martin, and Trinidad
Isaiah James Boodho (1932-2004), Trinidadian
Ángel Botello-Barros (1913 - 1986), Spanish-Puerto Rican, active in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Haiti
Jean Bouchaud (1891-1977), French, in Guadeloupe in 1938 and in Martinique (sometime between 1957-1964?)
Frank Bowling (b.1934), Guyanese
Adele Brandwen (1900-1964), American, active in the Caribbean (dates uncertain) (Bio here)
Richard Hicks Bridgens (1785-1846), English,lived and worked in Trinidad in the 1830s
Peleg Franklin Brownell (1857-1946), American, active in the Caribbean 1913-1914 (primarily St. Kitts)
Agostino Brunias (ca.1730-1796), Italian, active in the Caribbean ca. 1864-1896, including Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, St. Kitts, St. Vincent, and Tobago
John Albert Bullbrook (1882-1967), British, active in Trinidad ca.1913
Milton J. Burns (1853-1933), American, active in the Caribbean ca. early 1900s
Henry Stratton Bush (birth/death dates unknown), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1858-1859, including Barbados, St. James, and Trinidad
Henry Butler (1805-1881), Irish, active in the Caribbean ca. 1840
John Herbert Caddy (1801-1883), Canadian, active in the Caribbean ca. 1830s, including St. Lucia and St. Vincent
Canute Caliste (1914-2005), Grenadian
Kenrick Callender (20th century), Trinidadian
Archibald Campbell (1739-1791), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1782, including Jamaica, Nevis, St. Kitts, and Trinidad
Jose Campeche (1751-1809), Puerto Rican
Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888), Trinidadian, active in the Caribbean ca. 1840-1880s, including Trinidad, Grenada and Martinique
Carlisle Chang (1921-2001), Trinidadian
Willi Chen (B.1934), Trinidadian
William Clark (1803-1883), British, active in Antiqua and Jamaica ca. 1820s
Alfred Codallo (1913 -1970) (Video Bio here)
Francis George Coleridge (1838-1925), British, active in Trinidad and Tobago ca. 1865
Ethel Blanchard Collver (1875-1955), American, active in the Caribbean ca. 1920s-1930s
Sir John Corbett (1822-1893), British, active in Bermuda 1854-1855; active in the Caribbean ca. 1854-1855, including Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, and Turks and Caicos.
Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), Mexican, active in the Caribbean ca. mid to late 1920s
Alma Claude Burton Cull (1880-1931), British, active in Grenada ca. 1920s
Dominick Daly (1798-1868), Irish, active in Trinidad from 1852-1854
Montague Dawson (1890-1973), British, active in Bermuda and the Caribbean (dates uncertain)
Charles William Day (ca.1815-1854), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1848, including Antigua, Barbados, and Trinidad
Jack Delano (1914-1997), Ukrainian/American, active in Puerto Rico 1941, 1946-1997; active in St. Thomas 1941
Peter Doig (b. 1959), Scottish, active in Trinidad 2002 to the present
Roland Dorcely (b. 1930) Haitian, Born in Port-au-Prince
John D’Oyly (1906-1993), South African, active in Bermuda, Trinidad, and Tobago
David Douglas Duncan (1916-2018), American, active in the Caribbean ca. 1939-1940, including the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Trinidad
John B. Elwin (20th Century), American
Stephen Morgan Etnier (1903–1984), American, traveled to Haiti and the Bahamas circa 1935, 1968 (Bio here)
Charles Eyck (1897-1983), Dutch, active in Curacao ca. 1922-1983
Colonel Lionel Grimston Fawkes (1849-1931), British, active in the Caribbean 1880s, including Barbados (1880), Jamaica (1880, 1883), Haiti (1882),
Trinidad (1883), and St. Vincent and Dominica (dates uncertain)
Alejandro Sánchez Felipe (1888 - 1971), Spanish, moved to Puerto Rico in 1933
Alexander Finlay (birth/death dates unknown), British, active in Trinidad ca. late 1800s
Patrick Warsing Chu Foon (1932-1998),Trinidadian
Amedee Forestier (1854-1930), French, active in Guiana (dates unknown)
Archibald Stevenson Forrest (1869-1963), British, active in the Caribbean ca. early 1900s, including Dominica, Jamaica, and St. Lucia
Fowle (20th century), British
Ramón Frade (1875 – 1954), Puerto Rican, traveled to the Dominican Republic and Cuba
James Anthony Froude (1818-1894), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1880s, including Dominica, Jamaica, and Trinidad
(John) Emmett Fritz (1917-1995), American, active in the Caribbean
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), French, active in Martinique 1887
Jones Gilbert (1926-1998), Trinidadian
Leo Glasgow (1926-2009), Trinidadian
Albert Goodwin (1845-1932), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1920s, including Grenada and Jamaica
William Gravatt (1795-1851), British, active in St. Lucia ca. 1830
Knolly Greenidge (1937-1998),Trinidadian
Fergus Griffin (1916-?), Irish, active in Trinidad and Tobago ca. 1947
Bryan de Grineau (1883-1957), British, active in St. Lucia 1936-1939
Charles Paul Gruppé (1860-1940), Canadian (Family bio here)
Robert Charles Gruppé (b. 1944), American (Family bio here)
Manuel Wssel de Guimbarda (1833-1907), Spanish, born in Havana or Trinidad, Cuba; moved to Spain at the age of eight
Elmer Hader (1889-1973), American, traveled sporadically throughout the Caribbean (including Jamaica and Haiti), early 1940s-late 1950s
George Overbury "Pop" Hart (1858-1933), American, active in the Caribbean ca. early 1900s, 1912-1919, 1922, 1930-1931, including The Bahamas, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Trinidad
Robert Harvey (1848-c.1920), Scottish, active in the Caribbean ca. early 1900s, including Cuba, Jamaica, and Trinidad
Frederick Childe Hassam (1859-1935), American, active in Cuba
George Heriot (1759-1839), British, active in the Caribbean 1777-1781
Fred Herzog (b.1930), German/Canadian, active in the Caribbean ca. mid-1960s, including Curacao
Edwin Ou Hingwan (1932-1976), Trinidadian
Margarita Eliza Hodge (1899-1998), Sint Maartiner, active in the Caribbean, including Aruba, Curacao, and Sint Maartin
Harry L. Hoffman (1871-1964), American, in the Cayman Islands ca. late 1910s; in British Guiana (Guyana) 1924
Arthur Aldwyn Holder a.k.a. Boscoe Holder (1921-2007), was Trinidad and Tobago’s leading contemporary painter
Geoffrey Holder (1930-2014), Trinidadian, active in the Caribbean ca. early 1950s, including Puerto Rico and Trinidad
Lorenzo Homar (1913-2004), American/Puerto Rican
Slade Hopkinson (1934-1993), Guyanese, active in the Caribbean ca.1954, including Guyana and Jamaica.
Louis Van Houtte (1810-1876), Belgian, active in Trinidad ca. 1849
Marcelio Hovell (1924-2015), Trinidadian
Dominic Isaac (birth/death dates unknown), Trinidadian
Samuel Ishak (1928- ca.1980), Guyanese, active in Trinidad and Tobago (dates unknown)
Louis Robert James (1920-1997), Australian, founding member of Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) circa mid-1960’s, traveled throughout the Caribbean
Theo Van Delft Jansz (1914-2005), Dutch, in Curacao 1950-1963
Thomas Jeffery (1719-1771), British, active in the Caribbean mid to late 1700s
Packer Jesse (1878-1968), Trinidadian
Cecil Rochfort D'Oyly John (1906-1993), British, active in Trinidad & Tobago, and Barbados
Manuel Jordan (1853-1919), Puerto Rican
Elis Juliana (1927-2013), Curacaoan
Percy William Justyne (1812-1883), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1841-1845, including Grenada and Trinidad.
Norman Kennedy (1895- 1975), American
André Kertész (1894-1985), Hungarian, photographed in Martinique
Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1870, including Jamaica and Trinidad
Donald Morris Kirkpatrick (1887-1966), American, active in Bermuda 1920, 1929, 1933-1966; active in the Caribbean (dates uncertain), including Barbados, Dominica, and Trinidad (Bio here)
Maxim Kopf (1892-1958), Austrian/Czech, active in Martinique circa 1941
Alfred Krenz (1899-1980), Austrian/South African, in Curacao 1954
Charles de Lacy (1856-1929), British, active in the Caribbean ca. early 1900s
Augusta Lamont (c.1878-1958), British, active in Trinidad ca.1898-1901
Eduardo Laplante (1818-1860), French, active in the Caribbean ca. 1850s, including Cuba and Trinidad
Charles Laval (1862-1894), French, in Martinique 1887-1888
Pierre Lelong (1908-1984), French, active in Trinidad ca.1938
John Newel Lewis (1920-1991), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1953, including Barbados, Grenada, and Trinidad
Norman Wilfred Lewis (1909–1979), American/Bermudian, traveled throughout the Caribbean
Jerome Liebling (1924-2011), American, active in the Caribbean (dates unknown)
Evert Jan Ligtelijn (1893-1975) Dutch painter who traveled to Aruba and Curaçao (Bio here)
Manes Lichtenberg (1920-2009), American painter known to have painted images of Saint Barthélemy (St Barts or St Barths)
Charles Arthur Lodder (?-1885), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1860s
Lewis Lovelace (1914-1998), Trinidadian
Henry Andrews Luscombe (1820-1899), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1860
James Lushington (1826-1878), British, active in Trinidad ca.1852
Robert Mackie (b.1930), Trinidadian
Robert J. MacLeod (1888-1977), Canadian, in St. Lucia (dates uncertain)
Althea McNish (1933-2020), Trinidadian
Arthur John Magin (1912-1994), Trinidadian
Alain Manesson Mallet (1630-1706), French, active in the Caribbean ca. 1683
Louis de Manoel (1806-1876), French, active in the Caribbean ca.1850s, including Martinique
Margaret McLeod Mann (1827-1905), British, active in Trinidad mid to late 1800s
André Masson, (André-Aimé-René Masson) (1896-1987), French in Martinique during WWII
Eleanor Ingersoll Maurice (1901-1995), American, active in the Caribbean (dates uncertain)
Earl Mayan (1916-2009), American, active in Trinidad ca. 1943
Florence Helena McGillivray (1864-1938), A prolific sketcher and painter, McGillivray, traveled widely in the Caribbean including to the Bahamas, Bermuda, Jamaica and Trinidad
Fritz Sigfried Georg Melbye (1826-1869), Danish, active in the Caribbean 1840s-1860s, including St. Thomas (1849), St. Croix (1852), Cuba (ca. 1864), the Dominican Republic (ca. 1864), and Jamaica (1865)
Edouard de Montule (1792-1828), French, active in the Caribbean ca. 1817, including the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, and St. Thomas
James Wilson Morrice (1865-1924), Canadian, active in Cuba, Jamaica, and Trinidad
Kenwyn Morris (1924-1992), Trinidadian
Christina Morton (1891-1957), American, active in the West Indies, including Martinique (dates uncertain); possibly active in Bermuda (dates uncertain)
Juan Cleto Noa (birth/death dates unknown), Puerto Rican
Enrique Olario (1891-1977), Curacaoan
José R. Oliver (1901 - 1979), American/Puerto Rican
Francisco Manuel Oller (Y Cestero) (1833 - 1917), Puerto Rican, active in Puerto Rico and exhibited in Cuba
Georg Emanuel Opitz (1775-1841), Czech-born German
Pierre Ozanne (1737-1813), French, active in Martinique
Nicolas-Marie Ozanne (1728-1811), French, active in Grenada ca. 1760
Amy Leong Pang (1908-1989), painter from Trinidad and Tobago
Norman Parkinson, CBE (1913-1990), English portrait and fashion photographer who lived in Tobago from 1963, and known to have worked in The Bahamas
Alice Pashley (1905-1975), Trinidadian
Dewitt Clinton Peters (1865 - 1948), American, active in Haiti
Wray Physioc (b.1890), American, active in the Caribbean early 1900s
Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), Danish-French, born on the island of St Thomas (now in the US Virgin Islands, but then a colony in the Danish West Indies), in the Caribbean circa 1850-1855
Ogden Minton Pleissner (1905–1983), American
William Innes Pocock (1783-1836), British, active in the Caribbean ca. early 1800s
Juan De Prey (1904-1962), Puerto Rican
Melton Prior (1845-1910), British, active in the Caribbean (dates unknown), including Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad
Sonnylal Rambissoon (1926-1995), Trinidadian
Elisee Reclus (1830-1905), French, active in the Caribbean ca. 1852-1857
Trevor Rostant (1919-2012), Trinidadian
Amalie Rothschild (1916-2001), American
James G. Sawkins(1806-1878), British, active in Cuba ca. 1835-1845; active in Guyana ca. 1860s
Robert Hermann Schombergk (1804-1865), German, active in the Caribbean ca. 1828-1850s, including Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Guyana, and St. Thomas
Prosper Louis Senat (1852–1925), American, active in the West Indies (Bio here)
William Edouard Scott (1884-1964), African American artist who was active in Haiti from 1931-1932 (Bio here)
Robert Hermann Schomburgk (1804-1865), German, active in the Caribbean ca.1828-1850s, including Dominican Republic, St. Thomas, Guyana, and Barbados.
Henry Singleton (1766-1839), British English
Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith (1776-1859), English (though born in Belgium), active throughout West Indies
Nina Squires (b.1929), Trinidadian
Joseph (born Giuseppe Michele) Stella (1877-1946), Italian-born American, traveled to the West Indies, especially Barbados 1937-1939
John Stobart (b. 1929), active in the Caribbean (dates uncertain), including the Cayman Islands and Montserrat
Hugh Stollmeyer (1912-1982), Trinidadian
Francis Swaine (1725-1782), British, active in Martinique ca. early 1760s
Henri Everest Telfer (1927-1999), Trinidadian
George Tobin (1768-1838), British, active in the Caribbean ca. early 1800s, including Tobago
Rafael Tufiño (1922 – 2008), Puerto Rican
Gaspard Le Marchant Tupper, R.A. (1826-1906), British, active in Bermuda ca. 1856-1858; active in the Caribbean ca. 1856-1858, including the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico
Ross Sterling Turner (1847 - 1915), American, active in the Bahamas and other parts of the Caribbean (Bio here)
Noel Vaucrosson (1932-1996), Trinidadian
Mark Von Arenburg (dates unknown), nationality unverified
Derek Walcott (1930-2017), Saint Lucian
Theodora Walter (1869-1959), Trinidadian
George Webster (1797-1832), British, naval painter active in West Indies
William Westall (1781-1850), British, active in Jamaica and St. Vincent ca early 1800s
Golde White (1890-1977), Barbadian, active in the Caribbean (dates unknown), including Barbados and Guyana
John Whorf (1903–1959), American
Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883 - 1962), American
Alfredus Williams (1875-1967), Dominican, active in Dominica (dates uncertain); active in Bermuda ca. 1959 (Bio here)
Charles Herbert Woodbury (1864-1940), American, active in the Caribbean, primarily 1920s-1930s, including Grenada (1905), St. Kitts (1926),
Dominica (1927, 1937-38), Nevis (1928), St. Lucia (1928), St. Thomas (1928), St. Croix (1929), Trinidad (1937), and Barbados, Martinique, and Monserrat (dates uncertain)
Hartwell Woodcock (1853-1929), American, active in the Caribbean early 1900s-late 1920s, primarily Nassau, Bahamas (Bio here)
William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931), British, active in the Caribbean ca. 1893, including Barbados and Trinidad
Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871 - 1957), English
Gerrit Willem van Yperen (1882-1955), Dutch painter active in Bermuda, Trinidad and Barbados (Bio here)
Cornelis Zitman (1926-2016), Dutch, active in Grenada ca.1958