ARTIST: Jerome Polycarpe (Haitian, born 1950)
TITLE: Haitian Landscape with Animals
YEAR: 1988
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Very minor craquelure. No visible inpaint under UV light.
ART SIZE: 40 x 30 inches / 101 x 76 cm
FRAME SIZE: 41 x 31 inches / 104 x 78 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office.
CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online
AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer
SKU#: 156230
US SHIPPING: $149 + insurance.

BIOGRAPHY:
Jerome Polycarpe - was born on November 6, 1950, in Port-au-Prince. Prior to taking up painting he was a professor of Mathematics from 1971 to 1973. His first two paintings were selected by Jean Marie Drot and Andre Malraux for two exhibitions in Paris and Auxerre. Polycarpe is today famous for his jungle scenes in vibrant colours. His paintings were auctioned at Parke Bernet in New York in 1975. They are sold in galleries in France, Germany, Italy, the United States, and the Caribbean. He appears in Max Fourny's two books, "La Fete et les Naifs" and "Le Reve et les Naifs".