Roger Francois

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 1990’s, began painting sun and moon heads on human bodies.  He also does an occasional surreal voodoo painting.  His style is robust, bold and always fresh and new.

A painting of his hangs in the National Museum, Brussells, Belgium and another was exhibited in the show of Geoffrey Holder’s collection, “Spirits” at the Katonah Museum of Art, (NY) in May 1991.  His work has appeared in books and museum shows internationally.

[Biographic notes from Galerie Macondo at http://www.artshaitian.com.]

Publications:
AFHAC.  La Peinture Haitienne: Dialogue du Reel et de l'Imaginaire.  1990.  pp. 14, 30, 81.

Selected Roger Francois Links:
Galerie Macondo
The Electric Gallery
Art Haiti
Medalia Art

Nude with Cat and Flowers, 2002 40 x 30 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, Self-Framed SOLD

Nude with Cat and Flowers was one of 25 Haitian paintings from this collection that were exhibited in the show Life in Bold Colors at Sonoma State University in 2007.

Woman with Bird, c. 2002 24 x 30 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed SOLD

Woman with Bird was one of 25 Haitian paintings from this collection that were exhibited in the show Life in Bold Colors at Sonoma State University in 2007.

Adam and Eve, c. 2002 16 x 20 inches, Acrylic on Canvas, Framed SOLD

Adam and Eve was one of 25 Haitian paintings from this collection that were exhibited in the show Life in Bold Colors at Sonoma State University in 2007.