Haitian artist Raymond Olivier was born on November 27, 1943, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. After a brief study at the Louis Joseph Janvier School, Olivier, at sixteen, entered and won a Mother's Day competition at the French Institue in Haiti. In the same year, he again won first prize over 3,210 competitors at a UNESCO exhibit. Encouraged by this success, but penniless, he sought the patronage of Mr. André Galiano. Later, with material help from George Ramponeau and an introduction to modern art by Mrs. V. Mangones in 1964, Olivier exhibited at the Montreal Expo 1964 as a devotee of cubism. His subjects appear to be objects (often pigeons) seen under different lights with Kaleidoscopic colors that have become lighter and softer since July 1969. Bio Source: Haiti Voodoo To Kingdom Riviera by John Allen Franciscus, pp. 84)