Xavier Amiama (1910-Haiti 1969)10"x 8" UNTITLED 1944 Crayon Ink on Paper Drawing #9MFN 11"x20" signed this original 48"x36" acrylic

signed this original 48"x36" acrylic painting on canvas

He is considered one of Haiti's most significant artists and the pre-eminent painter of the Haitian spirits

Works exploring Vodou themes are especially significant within his oeuvre

signed by Zephirin in the lower left corner

Collectors and journalists from all over the world came to visit him in the modest hut where he painted lovingly detailed portraits of the gods of the Vodou pantheon by the light of an oil lamp

Xavier Amiama (1910-Haiti 1969)10"x 8" UNTITLED 1944 Crayon Ink on Paper Drawing #9MFN 11"x20" signed this original 48"x36" acrylicXavier Amiama, the late famous painter, created this rare vintage 10"x8" series portrait drawing of a woman with red lipstick made with ink and pencil. It is slightly ripped in the lower left corner, dated February 1944, unframed, and will be shipped from New York. Xavier Amiama was born in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic in 1910 and died in Haiti in 1969. After numerous single artist shows in Santo Domingo, Amiama settled in Port au Prince,