Jean-louis Senatorus (haitian, Born In 1949). "landscape". Around 1970.

Wooden frame (usual wear). Dimensions: 39 x 39 cm. Table diameter: 25 cm. Sign. Oil on hardboard.
Jean-Louis Senateus (Haitian, born 1949)
Jean-Louis Senateus was born on August 16, 1949 in Léogâne, Haiti. He began drawing and painting in 1967, then in 1969 he took courses at the Lope de Vega Institute and at the Salle des Arts Plastiques in Port-au-Prince. In Haiti, he met the Greek painter Scordillis, with whom he worked for a year. In 1968, he received second prize in a poster competition sponsored by Air France in Port-au-Prince.
From 1975 to 1983, he exhibited in Martinique, Guadeloupe, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Curaçao, the United States, Italy and England.
Through the transparency of its finely nuanced colors, Senatus shifts its gaze towards the distant lands of the imagination.
Each painting is a monochrome of one or two colors that seems to project onto the canvas as if by magic. (La Peinture Haitienne/Haitian Arts by Marie-José Gardère, Editions Nathan, Paris, 1986, pp.181) “Often classified as a “neo-primitive” painter in view of his dreamlike paintings, Senatus’ technique displays its true virtuosity” , says Gérald Alexis in his book Haitian Painters.