NICHOLAS ANGELO
FINE ART

LOUISIANNE ST. FLEURANT - HAITIAN - (1924- 2005)

Louisianne St. Fleurant was born on September 11, 1924 in the small town of Petit Trou-de-Nippes, Haiti. In 1972 she began working as a cook in the art colony of Saint-Soleil in the mountains above Petionville. Inspired by the art she saw around her, she began to paint, and eventually became one of the best-known of the Saint-Soleil painters. She also made and painted small ceramic figures which she sold from her modest house on the Rue Magny, bordering the Petionville market. In 1989 she was a founding member of "Cinq Soleils", a group that included former Saint Soleil artists Prospere Pierre-Louis, Levoy Exil, Denis Smith and Dieuseul Paul. The early 1990's were marked by personal tragedy as three of her children died in a five year period , including her sonStivenson Magloire who was an internationally known painter. He was stoned to death by personal enemies on October 9, 1994 during the chaos surrounding the return of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Stivenson was 31 years old. Her one surviving son, Ramphis Magloire, is also a well-known painter as is one of her daughters, Magda Magloire. Louisianne suffered a stroke around 1997 but recovered sufficiently to resume painting her brightly colored pointilistic portraits of people and vodou spirits.

Louisianne St. Fleurant died on June 1, 2005

EXHIBITS

1974 -First exhibition of the Saint-Soleil group, in Haiti in the Museum of Haitian Art, encouraged by Luce Turnier.

First foreign exhibition of the Saint-Soleil group, Washington D.C. with the Opus 2 Gallery, organized by Jean Kennedy and Loïs Malou Pierre Noël.

Second exhibition of the Saint-Soleil group at the French Institute of Haïti (on the topic "Indigenous Drawings of Haïti")

1976 - First Saint-Soleil festival in Soissons-la-Montagne.

1986 - Exhibition of the Saint-Soleil group (5 members) in Rome, Italy, in the Medicis Villa, organized by Jean-Marie Drot on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Andre Malraux's death.

1987 - "Art Haïtien UAP".Espace Vendome, Paris, France, organized by Galerie Marassa.

1988Collective exhibition in Galerie Marassa Inc., Dania, Florida.

1992 - Exhibition of the Saint-Soleil group "New Expressions in Haitian Art" in the Center of Contemporary Art in Miami where she participates in the collective mural fresco with philippe Dodard, assisted by Michèle Frisch and Tiga 20 years celebration of the Saint-Soleil movement, "Hommage à Tiga", with a great exhibition of the work of several members of "Saint-Soleil" in Galerie Marassa.

1998" - Haïti: Femmes et Création", public library of Nantes, France"Saint-Soleil exhibition organized by Galerie Marassa, in the premises of the World Bank, Haïti.

Acrylic on Canvas - Image Size: 16 1/4" X 20 1/4"

Signed & Dated 1990