Esperanta Delmat painted this beautiful plantains tree in a realistic style
Although not formally initiated
His original works are increasingly scarce and are jealously held in private collections in Europe and the United States
his parents sent him from Haiti to the US
he began painting under the direction of famous Haitian pioneer Hector Hyppolite when he was only fifteen
Seymour Bottex (1922-2016) 20"x12" Market Woman with Fruit Baskets c1970 Oil on Masonite Unframed Painting #1LA Artists/Louissaint Jacques Esperanta Delmat painted this beautifulThis oil on board by Seymour Bottex portrays a Cap Hatien market woman balancing an overflowing basket of tropical fruit, pineapples, bananas, mangoes, and eggplant among them, on her head, with a blue and a pink fish hanging from either side of the basket's rim. Dressed in a red dress with a yellow head wrap and sash, she stands with a woven fruit basket at each hand, her direct gaze anchoring the composition. Bottex's flattened forms and saturated