A very striking painting of boys by Haitian artist Henri Calixte (aka Calixte Henri or Calixte Henry) (1933-2010). This was a subject that the artist returned to, or did a group of, and each of them is a bit different. Calixte Henri was born in 1933 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, studied with Philome Obin at the Centre d'Art. He evolved from impressionism to cubism, with strong influence from Braque, while maintaining Haitian subjects. Oil on board, signed and dated lower left “Calixte Henri. This piece comes from the estate of a man who worked as a U.S. diplomat, traveling all over the world and collecting local art as he went. His estate was chock full of wonderful pieces.