Louisiane Saint Fleurant (1924 – 2005), one of Haiti’s most important female artists, was born in Petit Trou de Nippes and found her calling late in life. She was age fifty when she came to Soissons la Montagne to cook for Saint Soleil group. Instead, she became an esteemed painter, eventually leaving in 1978, becoming a cook again and painting on the side. Women, children, houses, birds, and animals are her preferred subjects. Flat figures and a lack of perspective are characteristic of her work, while her good sense of color and design establish her as a painter with few peers. Her other major contributions to Haitian art are her children: two sons – Ramphis Magloire and the late Stivenson Magloire – who developed styles of their own, and two daughters, Magda Magloire, a painter, and Aliciane Magloire, a ceramic potter. Louisiane Saint Fleurant died on June 1, 2005.

From “Masterpieces of Haitian Art: Seven Decades of Unique Visual Heritage” by Candice Russell. Schiffer Publications Ltd, 2013.