Yves Calixte 40"x30" Grace & Light 1987 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1YN Artists/Souffrant Edgard eventually working at a brick

eventually working at a brick factory

Born in Port-au-Prince on January 27

His art is mentioned in Haitian art books such as Haiti Voodoo Kingdom to Modern Riviera by John Allen Franciscus

offering commanding scale and museum-level impact highly sought after by collectors of Caribbean contemporary art

Raphael Denis

Yves Calixte 40"x30" Grace & Light 1987 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1YN Artists/Souffrant Edgard eventually working at a brickGrace and Light exemplifies Yves Calixtes elegant approach to figurative painting, characteristic of Haitis modernist movement in the 1980s. The composition depicts a serene woman with an elongated neck and closed eyes, her head wrapped in white against a softly lit horizon. Calixtes delicate brushwork and tonal subtlety reveal both technical control and a meditative emotional depth. His palettemuted blues, warm browns, and pale greensevokes an