Le Nouvelliste, Haiti
April 23, 1956
2 Sheets, 3 1 /2” x 18” and 4 3/8” x 13 1/2”
In April of 1956 the artist Ruth Starr Rose traveled to Haiti, where she made several drawings, watercolor sketches, and serigraphs.
Le Nouvelliste wrote of her imminent arrival, praising her retrospective show at Howard University as well as an interview on April 27 for the Voice of America. During her trip she wrote to Howard University’s Professor Porter describing Haiti as a “beguiling paradise.” The lengthy article also mentioned that the artist had returned from an extended trip to Europe to study religious and prehistoric art with Mary Cabot Wheelwright, creator of the Museum of the American Indian.