Gerard Fortune' (1925 - 2019)

As a child he recalls working in his mother’s garden. In the 1970s he did domestic work, including cooking, in the houses of the elite of Petionville and as a pastry chef there. He began to paint in the early 1980's. He is completely self taught.His paintings found a receptive audience among diplomats, journalists and other expatriates in Port-au-Prince, and soon he was taken on by the legendary gallery-owner Issa El-Saieh. Other art dealers and promoters followed. Permanent Collections: Ramapo College, New Jersey The Waterloo Museum of Art, Iowa The Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia.