Audes Saul

Haitian artist Audes Saul was born in Bombardolis on May 25, 1949, to a father farmer and a mother market woman. Moving to Port-au-Prince late in his teenage years, he became a laborer, carpenter, and electrician. Saul, whose brother Charles is also a painter, began to paint in 1970. Four years later, he began incorporating anthropomorphic dogs into his paintings. He prides himself on not attending art school, visiting museums, or reading art books. His paintings were exhibited in France in 1975, as well as in Italy, Sweden, the United States, and Japan, and were especially prized. Audes Saul's work is in many prestigious private collections and museums. (Source: Masterpieces of Haitian Art by Candice Russell, Schiffer, 2013,  pp.144)