The Haitian artist Wilfrid Louis was born on April 17, 1943, in Port-au-Prince. He attended both grade and high school at Lycée Toussaint Louverture and later the Académie des Beaux-Arts. In 1962, he began to paint in the impressionist style with the help of Marco Amblugo and Montagutelli. (Bio Source: Haiti Vooddo Kingdom To Modern Riviera by John Allen Franciscus- pp.77)