Jean-Baptiste Jean was born in Cap Haitien in 1953. His parents were a mason and a seamstress. He worked as a carpenter until he was invited to work in the studio of the master Cap Haitien painter, Philomé Obin. He worked there for two years before beginning to paint n his own. Today he is one of the leading practitioners of the Cap Haitien school of haitian painting.
Mother's Day
Jean-Baptiste Jean (Cap Haitien, Haiti, b. 1953)
Acrylic on Canvas (36 x 30), c.1975
