Vintage Haitian Painting - "Celebration" by Jacques Louissaint

Vodou Musicians & Dancers - acrylic on a flour sack stretched over a hand-carved wooden frame with earth symbols carved around it - being poor, Haitian artists would use whatever they had on hand and flour sacks were popular - framed 22x30" - unframed 15 ½ x 23 ½ . It has a 2 3/4" thin slice of wood missing on the left side of the frame on the inner edge that rims the painting (see photo). From 1969. Signed.
Jacques was born July 8, 1950. He started painting at a very young age. His artwork caught the attention of Casimir Laurent, an established Haitian artist. Jacques studied briefly with Laurent. He exhibited in Montreal, Canada in 1973. He also had a one man show at the Berkshire Museum in Massachusetts and participated in group exhibitions abroad. Louissaint’s paintings are rare and prized by art collectors.