1998 VINTAGE, SIGNED ORIGINAL ROLANDO JEAN BAPTISTE CONTEMPORARY NAIF PAINTING HAITIAN ART Painting is in excellent condition as displayed in the photo gallery. Canvas and frame is handmade by the artist. Canvas measures 20 by 24 inches. Frame measures 28 by 26. About the Artist Paul Beauvoir was influenced in design by the professional hand embroidery of his mother. Mr. Bauvoir is another by-product of the Centre d'Art and later the Foyer des Arts Plastiques. His impressionistic work is characterized by lines of definite demarcation with backgrounds of color (particularly yellow). His works have suffered in value from over-production of the same style, same subject, and same colors. (Haiti Voodoo Kingdom To Modern Riviera by John Allen Franciscus, pp.54) BEAUVOIR, PAUL Paul Beauvoir ? Born in 1932. Beauvoir played an important role in the evolution of modern Haitian painting. Although still figurative, his work is above all studies of color where orange and blue often predominate. His impressionist style is characterized by definite demarcation lines with backgrounds of yellow color. He died in the early 1970?s.