Gabriel Alix Haitian (1930 - 1998) Jesus Benit les Pains et les Poissons oil on board signed lower right. Biography from LAA: Gabriel Alix was born in Saint-Marc, Haiti in 1930. Gabriel Alix was introduced to Dewitt Peters by Hector Hyppolite, the "grand old man of Haitian art" in 1946. Alix was a faithful member of the Centre d'Art for many years, and was one of the acknowledged, premier "first generation" Haitian primitive painters. Alix was a taciturn man who was married to an artist, Madeline Mirvil, also a jungle painter. His paintings, treasured by collectors, depict still life, religious subjects (including vodou) and animals. Alix died in October 1998. 19 1/2"H x 15 1/2"W (sight), 21 1/4"H x 17 1/4"W (frame)