Born in Cap Haitien in Northern Haiti on February 2 1928, he started painting whilst still working in his regular job as a barber.  He then opened a gas station in the Artibonite Valley and exhibited his art at his work site. Following the warm reception given to his works, and on the advice of his friend Philome Obin, he moved to Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haitian Art, in 1951.  In 1965, he entered the Galerie Issa where he painted for several years.  His works are often reproduced in magazines (Vogue, Time) as well as in art books.  He has exhibited in London (1969), Spoletto (1970), Modene (1981), New York, Milwaukee, Berlin (1979), Sotheby Parke Bernet, Paris (1980, 88, 90), etc. His earlier works were representative of the Northern School, focusing on the minutely detailed representation of historical scenes or events of every-day life (such as carnavals, Christmas etc.).  In his current style, he paints,
with great humour and in vibrant colours, comic drawings of weddings, of children carrying giant fruits on their heads or of packed tap-taps (public buses).

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