Maxan Jean Louis 30"x20" Twin Couples 2001 Acrylic on Canvas Unframed Painting #1AK
Maxan Jean Louis 30"x20" Twin Couples 2001 Acrylic on Canvas Unframed Painting #1AK
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Maxan Jean Louis is an accomplished self-taught Haitian naïve Vodou painter, and this original acrylic on canvas, measuring 30 x 20 inches, is a strong testament to his distinctive talent and spiritual visual language. Rendered with confident color and narrative clarity, the work reflects the artist’s celebrated ability to translate Vodou symbolism and Haitian cultural memory into a compelling, collector-ready composition. The painting is in excellent condition and bears the artist’s signature and date in the lower right. It is sold unframed and comes from a private collection in Virginia, from which it will be shipped directly to the buyer. A Certificate of Authenticity will be issued by Myriam Nader Haitian Art Gallery upon purchase.
About this artist
About this artist
Maxan Jean-Louis (born March 17, 1966, in Jérémie, Haiti) is a self-taught Haitian painter whose work is deeply inspired by Vodou culture and the political history of Haiti. Encouraged to begin painting in 1992 by his artist cousins, Henri and Eric Jean-Louis, he quickly developed a distinctive naïve style marked by expressive freedom and symbolic imagery. Jean-Louis often alternates between two visual approaches. One is characterized by flattened human silhouettes, a lack of conventional perspective, repetitive ornamental motifs, and vibrant color harmonies reminiscent of the Saint-Soleil movement. The other adopts an almost childlike, surreal language to address social and political events, allowing the artist to comment freely and intuitively on contemporary life. Through both approaches, Jean-Louis expresses himself with spontaneity and emotional directness. His work has gained international recognition and is included in the permanent collection of the Charlotte Zander Museum in Bönnigheim, Germany. Jean-Louis has participated in numerous collective exhibitions, including presentations in France at the Musée d’Aquitaine in Bordeaux for exhibitions focused on Haitian Vodou-inspired painting, and in the United States at the Haiti Art Expo during Art Basel Miami Beach in 2010. Jean-Louis also appears in Patricia Goodrich’s 2014 multimedia installation Voices & Visions: Artists of Haiti, in which he discusses his artistic practice and personal vision. His work has been exhibited at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at Florida International University in Miami, further affirming his place within contemporary Haitian art.
