Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 16, 1938, Ernst Louizor studied at Ecole Nationale Smith Duplessis and Lycée Toussaint Louverture, and died in August 2011. Even as a child, he had the habit of expressing himself with the help of lines, sometimes black ones scribbled on the wall with charcoal, sometimes, white, drawn in quicklime or chalks. After this transitional period, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts, created in 1959, and studied drawing, composition, and perspective with Geo Ramponeau. Served by a prodigious memory and a remarkable sharpness of vision, Louizor has imparted a very personal style to his compositions. He generally paints the marketplace, seascapes, or combinations of both. “Thanks to Louizor, Impressionism was reborn in Haiti.” (Gérald Alexis, Peintres Haitiens) Louizor has formed many disciples, among them his brothers and wife, Guerda. He has exhibited in Haiti, Europe, Japan, and the USA, and his work is collected widely by private Haitian art lovers. Ernst Louizor is considered the leading impressionist painter of Haiti, if not the whole Caribbean. He passed away on August 5th, 2011.