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

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

evoking silence and reflection

an important recognition of his artistic achievement

He won first prize at the New York City World's Fair in 1966

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