Anatole Charles was born in Jacmel in 1922 and died in 1979. After elementary school, he became an engraver. 1940, under Marcel St. Vil, he studied painting and did both engraving and painting until discontinuing the latter in 1950 for two years. In 1952, he resumed painting again. He is the father of nine children." (Haiti Voodoo Kingdom to Modern Riviera by John Allen Franciscus. pp52). "Anatole became an art teacher to Saint Louis Blaise and Nemours Vincent, among other Haitian artists, to receive acclaim. He has a son, named Frantz, who is also a painter" (Masterpieces of Haitian Art by Candice Russell, Schiffer, 2013)