Jonas Allen 47"x44" Nude with Baskets Oil on Canvas #1JN-HA Artists/Garoute Jean-Claude (TIGA) among other publications

among other publications

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His paintings often depict scenes of daily life rendered with subtle irony and playful insight

This is a huge beautiful acrylic on canvas depicting two foundling spirits in black and white in a pointillistic manner in a dark blue background

this work represents an important phase in Caribbean art history and is increasingly sought after by collectors of Haitian and naïve masterworks

Jonas Allen 47"x44" Nude with Baskets Oil on Canvas #1JN-HA Artists/Garoute Jean-Claude (TIGA) among other publicationsJonas Allen was born in Port au Prince, Haiti, on January 12, 1955. After completing his secondary education at the Lycee Toussaint, in 1973, he visited the Haitian Artist Co Op. Bernard Wah and Michel Philippe Lerebours, a leading Haitian art critic, influenced him. In 1981, he immigrated to the United States, where he self educated. Jonas Allens work hangs in many private collections and art galleries internationally. His art is cited in the book