Raoul Viard was born in 1923 in Haiti and died in 1991. He is best known for his seascapes and brilliant colors applied with a spatula. The fact that he is a prolific painter who has been around for a long time has caused some to look upon his work as “Typical Haitian Painting” with commercial overtones. He has been exhibited locally and in the U.S. where his work was chosen by the Haitian government to inaugurate the World Health Organization in Washington, D.C. (Haiti Voodoo Kingdom to Modern Riviera by John Allen Franciscus) Main References: Haiti Voodoo Kingdom to Modern Riviera by John Allen Franciscus, 1980) Haiti et Ses Peintres de 1804 à 1980 by Michel Philippe Lerebours, 1989)