Haitian sculptor and painter Jasmin Joseph was born in 1923 in Grande Riviere and died in 2005 in Haiti. He began his career as a sculptor; his most striking figures were animals. Joseph, upset about his works being copied, turned to paint. His use of animal tales to point to a moral relates to the traditions of Haitian folklore. His art is cited in all significant Haitian art books and jealously collected by Haitian art lovers as they are rare. "While art should doubt not be moralizing, an exception should be made for the lessons given by Jasmin Joseph," says Gerald Alexis in his book Peintres Haitiens.