Yves Calixte 40"x30" Grace & Light 1987 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1YN Artists/Scylla Maxon Andre Pierre

Andre Pierre

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this work reflects Lebreton’s engagement with classical still life traditions while maintaining a distinctly Haitian sensibility through color intensity and compositional warmth

He contributed a mural depicting "The Annunciation" at the Episcopal Cathedral of Sainte Trinité in Port-au-Prince during the 1950s

and enduring contribution to modern Haitian portraiture

Yves Calixte 40"x30" Grace & Light 1987 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #1YN Artists/Scylla Maxon Andre PierreGrace 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