Philton Latortue was born in 1944 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After studying at the Lycée Pétion and taking art classes at the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Port-au-Prince, he joined the Centre d'Art in 1962. His background landscapes are particularly appealing with their colorful attention to detail. He has been exhibited in Haiti and in the United States. (Haiti Voodoo Kingdom to Modern Riviera by John Allen Franciscus, pp75)