Fritz Louizor (1949-1984) 16"x12" Market Day c1970 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #2YN Artists/Girault Eric (Biographical information is drawn from

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where he was a farmer and formally a voodoo priest

" discovered her passion for painting during her adolescence

and bold chromatic contrasts exemplify the Saint-Soleil–influenced modernist movement that redefined Haitian painting in the 1970s

Fritz Louizor (1949-1984) 16"x12" Market Day c1970 Oil on Canvas Unframed Painting #2YN Artists/Girault Eric (Biographical information is drawn fromThis original 16"x12" oil on canvas by Haitian impressionist painter Fritz Louizor (19491984) captures a lively marketplace scene filled with figures engaged in the rhythm of daily trade. Women in colorful attire gather around baskets of produce, their gestures and stances animated with warmth and authenticity. Louizors use of palette knife impasto creates texture and light, turning an ordinary village day into a symphony of color and movement. A