The Haitian paintings in this group are all from a collection curated and collected by a well known anthropologist and were part of the Dr. Brickston collection as exhibited in the Museum of Man in San Diego. These artworks are all at least 40 years old with many that are from the late 50s and 60sR. Roger Francois was born around 1928 in Petite Riviere, on the Artibonite plain of central Haiti. He began as a wood sculptor and still carves occasionally. He has been painting as well since the early sixties. He loves to paint and sculpt Haitian women, both nudes and market women with baskets and braids. Besides women, M. Francois paints animals: cats, dogs, horses and owls, and in the early 1990Â’s, began painting sun and moon heads on human bodies. He also does an occasional surreal voudou painting. His style is robust, bold and always fresh and new. He is a charming, explosively good natured man . A painting of his hangs in the National Museum, Brussels, Belgium and another was exhibited in the show of Geoffrey HolderÂ’s collection, ?Spirits? at the Katonah Museum of Art, (NY) in May 1991. His work has appeared in books and museum shows internationally. He is one of Haitian art\'s best kept secrets. DIMENSIONS OF IMAGE 20 IN X 16 IN ADD 1 INCH FOR FRAME

art work very good, frame shows age